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Finds: Hydraulic Movable Car Lifts

Friday, January 19th, 2007
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Ever see somebody’s car get repo’d with some of those rolling lifts and think to yourself, “Wow.  That seems useful.  I could use that around the shop!”  Well if you did, movable car lifts are available and don’t require tons of foot pumping, either. 

You can slide your ride into a corner by yourself in a few minutes by placing the two rollers underneath each tire and ratcheting the rollers together.  The ratchet design operates by hydraulic pressure, so you can do the work one-handed.  The casters also spin 360° allowing you to wheel the car in any direction necessary.

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Finds: Griot’s Magnetic Finger Glove

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
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We came across this interesting product from Griot’s Garage today; the photo’s pretty self-explanatory.  It’s a single-finger glove with a small magnet in it to hold a nut or other ferrous object that you need to insert into a tight space.

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Finds: Griot’s Random Orbital Polisher

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
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Griot’s Garage carries some pretty cool stuff, and we’ve purchased car cleaning supplies from them before.  But when they sent us notice of their new power tools — specifically the random orbital polisher — we didn’t see anything particularly special about it.  Then we noticed that it has a cool feature: a speed control.

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