Weird tips and tricks
Buy a 1/2" copper pipe sleeve for .49 cents and smash it flat in your vice. Use it as a backer when you are welding thin metal.
Strip a piece of stranded wire about 4"-5" long and and use the strands to clean carb passages.
Old pre 64 pennies work great at scraping old paint off stainless trim without scratching it - polish with 0000 steel wool when you are done.