When we take our trucks apart we try to document everything so when we put it back together we don't; 1. Have too many parts left over, and 2. Can't remember which way the frampus fit on the thrumbolt.
Most of us have digital cameras now. When my wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday......(now, now, I thought it was a trick question too.) Any how, I told her I'd like one of those digital picture frames. It now lives in the "special tool" cabinet out in the shop and has come in handy a couple of times.
You can buy a 4GB card to fit your camera and take a gazilian pictures of your project. They all go on this piece of magic about the size of a postage stamp. 500 pics cost no more than 5. When you come across a problem, you put the card in the frame, scroll to the pic, bring it up, and you can even magnify it a couple of times. What I find intriguing is the amount of documentation you can archive this way. I've even taken pictures of manual pages that when magnified are readable. This would come in handy if you needed just a passage of a manual, but didn't want to buy the whole thing, or run the risk of loseing/damaging someone elses manual.
I guess I'd have to think about it if I bought it out of pocket, but I've spent more and gotten less in some of my tools. With this outfit you just lay it on the fender mat and see exactly how the parts were.
I anticipate one card titled "ideas", and another with a slue of shop/tool/house/truck pics for insurance purposes.
