Recent content by 7.62fmj

Not exactly in the garage, but set up an extra room for me and my wife to have work benches in the AC.

Just picked this up today. Prentiss 522 swivel vise. Needs new jaws and the jaw screw holes need to be tapped. When I chiselled the fingers on the retaining collar I put a couple burrs pressing in that made it hard to slide the collar off, but a torch fixed that. Once the holes are tapped I'm...

Thanks! I've scrounged a lot of stuff from Facebook. Sometimes it's luck of the draw. Borrowed a cherry picker from a buddy then he moved away and didn't take it.

Thanks! Not much of one right now, been picking things up as I go. Started with a Pittsburgh 225 piece set and slowly adding/upgrading as I go. Also have a bunch of hand me down stuff from my dad and grandpa that I've gotten good use out of.

...my wallet! I seem to find myself browsing the board whenever I'm looking for tool info or ideas so it's about time I made an account. As if I needed more encouragement to expand my collection haha!