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[rharman]

The wife pretty much just rolled her eyes. ..

Years ago, I bought one of those side cabs. Put it on wheels. It slides right around/over the base of my drill press and under the table. Great for keeping all the drilling doo-dads close by.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Hey, an end cabinet was how we did it in the old days! If you were a big deal and had a lot of tools, you hung that little assortment of more drawers off the end of your cab. Nowadays we just buy another cabinet or whacking huge cabinet!

Yeah.....I've that a couple of that already...still have 56" bottom on order...

 

[NUTTSGT]

Years ago, I bought one of those side cabs. Put it on wheels. It slides right around/over the base of my drill press and under the table. Great for keeping all the drilling doo-dads close by.

I bought this one for all the hydraulic press stuff with some room to grow.

 

[four.cycle]

oooo I'd never considered putting one of those on wheels. I'm intrigued. $279 out the door. Just called 6th ave store.
but... I wasn't planning on spending any more money this week....
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in other news....

These were also waiting for me at the post office earlier today:

6 inch brass wheel from China. Looks like a real piece of garbage. Super cheap on Amazon. Hope I don't put my eye out, kid.
S-K Tools U.S.A. LLC graciously shipped me a 42470-2 repair kit for a 42470 1/2" drive ratchet that's frozen up.
They could not have made the process any easier. I was actually a bit surprised that it was so easy.
YMMV

 

[Squankum]

oooo I'd never considered putting one of those on wheels. I'm intrigued. $279 out the door. Just called 6th ave store.
but... I wasn't planning on spending any more money this week....
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in other news....

These were also waiting for me at the post office earlier today:

6 inch brass wheel from China. Looks like a real piece of garbage. Super cheap on Amazon. Hope I don't put my eye out, kid.
S-K Tools U.S.A. LLC graciously shipped me a 40270-2 repair kit for a 40270 1/2" drive ratchet that's frozen up.
They could not have made the process any easier. I was actually a bit surprised that it was so easy.
YMMV

Did you ship them the ratchet, too, or did you just bag it up as a reminder while you waited for parts?

 

[four.cycle]

I emailed them a photo of the ratchet disassembled and told them it was frozen up. That's it.
No receipt.
It's a model 42470 - 1/2" drive RHFT - I got the part number wrong above (now corrected.)
Took about a week for it to arrive. Prepaid. No charge. Could not have been easier. No "back and forth". Just "Okay, on the way!"

(* now I'm wondering... did I get the super fine-tooth version?)

* I bagged it so I didn't lose that clip ring!

 

[Jgaz]

Hey, an end cabinet was how we did it in the old days! If you were a big deal and had a lot of tools, you hung that little assortment of more drawers off the end of your cab. Nowadays we just buy another cabinet or whacking huge cabinet!

I liked my end cabinet when my work box stack was mostly stationary.
When I changed departments and had to move my box at least 75 or more yards each shift it was a loser.

Sold the end cabinet, sold the mid riser section (wish I’d kept it for home), sold the top box, all SnapOn.

Bought a SnapOn KRA roller cabinet and set a machinist chest on the top when doing machine shop work.

 

[Squankum]

I liked my end cabinet when my work box stack was mostly stationary.
When I changed departments and had to move my box at least 75 or more yards each shift it was a loser.

Sold the end cabinet, sold the mid riser section (wish I’d kept it for home), sold the top box, all SnapOn.

Bought a SnapOn KRA roller cabinet and set a machinist chest on the top when doing machine shop work.

Electrically driven wheels have got to be coming someday!

 

[rharman]

@four.cycle - I was worried about the side cabinet toppling over if I just put wheels directly under it. You can see I made a base out of 3/4" plywood to get the wheels slightly outboard all around. It rarely moves but I haven't had any instability issues with it. I do keep close control of it though when moving.

 

[rharman]

Several things over the past couple of weeks....

Cover for the arbor hole of my Kreg Track Saw. Helps with dust collection.
Paint can shaker for the recip saw
Makita impact rated bit set - 60 piece
Setup block set
Pair of 1-2-3 blocks
LED gooseneck light. Going to try it as a shadow light on the miter saw.
A pair of ferrite ring magnets. Keep the metal swarf in check on the drill press.

 

[Semi-hole mechanic]

Motorhead friends would cut them open with various nasty blades--don't want to introduce any shavings--to monitor engine health, especially during break-in and hard track use. A proper can opener like that makes very good sense, and prevents blood contamination during the inspection.

Watched my friend do it to one of their midget motors when he built his and his brother’s “Iron Dukes” in the early ‘90s before they had the money to buy professional built engines ( they run Stanton Mopars now). He was refreshed a motor put it in his car and did a break in and put some hot laps on it. He cut the filter open to check for any large amounts of metal flakes before he pulled it and stuck it in their trailer as a backup motor.