Right Angle Buffer
Dynabrade’s air-powered Right Angle Automotive Buffer is ideal for spot repair and buffing and polishing applications. Running at 2,500 RPM, the tool features a composite grip handle, which absorbs vibration and reduces air transmission to the operator’s hands. The tool also features a built-in speed control, a rear exhaust motor and a safety-lock throttle lever,
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Rock-Throwing Pair Damages 14 Vehicles in Stripping Game
A Lakewood, Wash., couple is in hot water this week after what they believed was an innocent stripping game involving spotting broken headlights turned dangerous. Amanda Madison, 18, and Joshua Sizemore, 23, were arrested near a railroad trestle around midnight May 25 – Madison in only her underwear and Sizemore without socks and shoes –
TECH FEATURE: The Case of the Murdered Paint Job
A horrible paint job. A miffed vehicle owner. An upset insurance company. We were out to crack the case. And everyone and everything were suspects.
Educate Consumers Through TV Ads
Insurance steering takes a literal turn in the latest TV commercial, “Power Steering,” by PreFab Ads. This the 11th professionally made TV spot now available for licensing to independent collision repair shops on an exclusive-by-territory basis. Ads available for viewing online. Call (415) 391-5030.
Liquid-Cooled Cables, Tips
The new Lenco Panelmaster spot welder delivers 8000 amps of welding power through fully liquid-cooled welding leads – the only unit on the market in its price range to do so. This ensures maximum weld penetration no matter how many welds are needed for a job.
Got Your Number
It takes a lot of guts to put your cell phone and home telephone numbers on the wall in your front lobby under the heading, “Please Complain.” But Marsh Gluchow, owner of Valley Motor Center in Van Nuys, Calif., wouldn’t have it any other way. “Customer care is what I talk about most with my
Celebrity Car Builder Takes I-CAR’s Waterborne Course
I-CAR welcomed a celebrity visitor to its classroom recently when car builder Rich Evans – who’s been featured on the Speed Channel’s “Chop, Cut, Rebuild” – took the new training program Waterborne Products, Systems and Application (REF07) on March 3 in Huntington Beach, Calif. Evans, owner of Huntington Beach Bodyworks, noted that the program
Follow These Instructions
Call me completely naive or totally misinformed, but there are certain things that I assume all people do. For instance, I assume that all people wear seat belts. For me, it’s automatic, even when I’m simply crossing a parking lot. I know, perhaps that’s a little over-cautious, but I just feel safer. So I was
Stuck On You
Repairers are bonding more with adhesives because, used properly with welding, they can lead to better repairs than welding or adhesives alone.
