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Default Great shop tip for us old farts

On 10/24/2018 6:02 AM, Tom Gardner wrote:
Well, I find myself more unstable on my feet now so I need to be
careful!Â* I have big "C"- clamps tightened on the edges and corners of
my workbench and on shelving units and on other things like my drill
press.Â* So anywhere I walk in the shop there is a nearby handhold
readily available.Â* In some places I have clamped a short length of 2x4
in place.Â* All this has saved me a tumble or two.Â* sucks to get old and
deteriorate!



I'm reminded of a couple older guys I know who fish bass tournaments.
The installed a rail right down the center of their front deck so they
could get from the driver's seat to front fishing pedestal more easily.
I hear Dee Thomas from The Ca Delta (Made Flipping Known) did that to
his boat too.