What did you do to your shop today?

For one, it’s a little more romantic than referring to it as simply “the garage”, and for another, it was the name of Lockheed Martin’s advanced design and engineering department for their classified aircraft. I am also a history and warplane buff, so the name seemed fitting.

“Skunk Works is an official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), formerly called Lockheed Advanced Development Projects. It is responsible for a number of aircraft designs, highly classified research and development programs.”
yep, stuff like the U-2 and the SR-71

 
Picked up a foot operated stand for my shrinker and stretcher yesterday with Christmas money my dad gave me.

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This’ll not only make it easier to use the two, but will also free up both hands to hold and manipulate the workpiece.

Yet another valuable fabrication tool added to the arsenal!
 
Picked up a foot operated stand for my shrinker and stretcher yesterday with Christmas money my dad gave me.

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This’ll not only make it easier to use the two, but will also free up both hands to hold and manipulate the workpiece.

Yet another valuable fabrication tool added to the arsenal!
I've been wanting one of those for like amost 30 years. Need to clear out some of the junk & unneeded parts to get one of those.
 
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Like the spare ‘80 header on the top of the cabinets, spare parts garage art! 👍

Yessir! It actually just started out as a convenient place to store it, but over time I’ve come to appreciate it as a form of garage art.
Plus it’s always nice to have some spare parts on hand, just in case.

I've been wanting one of those for like amost 30 years. Need to clear out some of the junk & unneeded parts to get one of those.

It’s been on my “eventually want, but don’t necessarily need” list for a long time too. After struggling to use the two together lately, I figured it was finally time to get one and save myself the grief.
 
Got one of these on order, got burnt wire smell on a vehicle but not enough for smoke.. should find a warm spot
 
That's amazing. I used stuff like this at the plant in 2005 for monitoring our pressure vessels. They were running around 330 degrees Fahrenheit and at about 170 lbs per square inch pressure.

The camera I was using at the time cost about $5,500.
 
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That's amazing. I used stuff like this at the plant in 2005 for monitoring our pressure vessels. They were running around 330 degrees Fahrenheit and at about 170 lbs per square inch pressure.

The camera I was using at the time cost about $5,500.
Love to have some FLIR stuff myself, but cost isn't in the budget for me. used FLIRs stuff to on board fight fires in the Navy 20+ years ago.

Probably walk around my house to find big heat transfer spots as well, the colder and windier the day the better lol
 
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