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Originally Posted by humfrz
Back in the day, some of us learned when our cars were parked in the barn, on a dirt floor, with nothing for light but a kerosene lantern, below 0 degrees F, with snow blowing under the door, rats attacking our toes, using old, rusty monkey wrenches ...... 
Someone just shoot me ......  |
You might appreciate this: The best jack stands I have ever used were my grandfather's. He
made them out of a couple of Model A axles. He machined the shafts and pins on his own lathe and welded the pieces together. He used to raise up his cars on those things on the dirt in the back yard without any worry at all because the bases were so wide that they were stable on practically any level surface.
My dad has all kinds of tools like that that you can't buy anywhere because my grandfather just made what he needed. My dad and brother just recently restored the lathe and have been making some of their own tools just for fun.