Game changers in your lifetime that you could not do with out- tools and gizmos

@lilfontleroy

Wheel dollies are awsome. I use them daily. No other way to get all the cars in the shop.

Some cars go in sideways, other stack on the lifts. Throw a good ratcheting tie down on each wheel and i use em in the parking lot. (Carefully because you do not want to see what they do to a fender when the car fall off... its ALL BAD i assure you.)


Pneumatic rivet gun. We use lots of rivets.

And last just having the right tool for the job. When I first started I would make tools or "figure out" a way to get the job done.
Now days just having the right tool is so nice.
2 post lifts, a smooth floor to roll on, a welder, compressed air, A SHOP to work in, all of it is a game changer for me.

Having gotten into my Industry around 1990 there was a huge shift in the way things were processed in the department we call Pre-press. The computer age basically took a manual and extremely crafted skillset and put in into a Monitor with a Keyboard and a new generation of workers of that phase in the Printing industry. It was not the path I took in my career but not only did it streamline the work, but it also slaughtered many an employee with a Pinkslip on friday....

It's interesting how this thread also includes the change in someone's flavor of business.... Didn't see that one coming lol...

JW