Recent content by 4th-stooge

An admirably steady hand combined with a carefully calibrated eye..... Very beautiful welds result!

Hello Red Leader: For those folks losing faith in eBay, I watched each week until I found the 6" Craftsman jointer shown within 7 miles of my house for the starting bid ($56.) so it CAN be done. In the background you will see a Craftsman scroll saw (big heavy cast iron ******) that I got for...

Whoa, we're gonna get kicked off this forum since we haven't "garage'd" since the first post. Way back when, bought a Colt Match Target, started handloading 69gr Sierra's in pickup (highly cleaned/sized/etc) brass and shot the local National Match course here in northern NJ, made NRA Marksman...

Welcome Laker! This is about the best place on the planet to find info on finding/fixing/refurbishing vises, especially the great American-made marques (Parker, Reed, Columbian, etc.) I have one excellent Parker and another on its way to rebuilding. Regarding your garage, can you give us some...

LLWillysfan, the sight of that flag flying over your dock is truly inspirational on this holiday weekend. Your neighbors across the river must be pleased that they have a patriot in the neighborhood, and they should be proud that they have a neighbor moving in with your value system. We just...

And the immaculate (other than table condition) Craftsman RAS with cabinet, found at yard sale in NJ for $100: Next posts will cover some of the tractor attachments!

And the rescued Delta 10" bandsaw found in the recycling pile along the road after 3 days of rain, now cleaned up; note Miller 300 welder lurking in back along with newly installed 200A panel to power same:

Well, it took some time to dig out the older photos of the tools that have gone into the garage; I hope to be able to post updates from more recent work. These are from 2008: the home-made router table:

Patience, Grasshopper: a good vise is in your future. After years of comfort with a Craftsman (USA made) 4" vise, I found this excellent Parker 973 1/2 on eBay at the "buy it now" price of $35 only 10 miles from where I work; drove over at lunchtime and paid cash. The green paint is my bad...

One of the benefits to our planned retirement in southwestern Virginia (target: summer 2013) was the garage that came with the house we bought in 2003. This garage was built by a logger who used it for his heavy equipment. The building is 30 x 40 feet with a concrete floor and (bonus!) a...

Hello royalton10: We are in a great prox to the BRP (12 miles away) but I am not a bicyclist; however my son is a bike tech and is considering starting a shop in that area (Tuggle's Gap, mp 165.) There is a LOT of bicycle traffic on the BRP these days. Hope you can come back when possible and...

Hello D-Hokie, I have already learned to address everyone as "y'all" and my neighbors have taught me that me ATV is actually called a "fo-weela." And my wife and I have learned to love Patrick County and its environs to the extent that we would never try to contaminate it with Jersey ick...

Hello sysop, I am very new to these forums and I guess I should move out of the "introduce new member" to the Garage Gallery. Is there any way to do that and carry the other replies? I can tell a 9/16 box wrench from a 14mm from four feet away but this keyboard stuff takes a little...

Some more pix, these from 2008: In addition to the block garage, we also have a tractor shed. And the Parker 973 1/2 was an eBay find, $35 in Jersey City, NJ. Haven't found anything close to that, since. Quick green paint job was mine, otherwise unmolested.

Hello to all the other folks from the overtaxed Northeast: We bought a farm in southwestern Virginia in 2003 to get some distance from the World Trade Center bullseye and get away from the oppressive taxes in New Jersey. Found a nice 33 acre farm on the eastern flank of the Blue Ridge that had...