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We have received some tools marked "Ford" at the Habitat for Humanity Restore in San Carlos, Ca. They are monkey wreches and combination wrenches some with offset handles. The question is are these collectable or just garden variety hand tools. Would like to know so we can price them...

On collets or end mill holders, 3/16, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4 will take you up to 1 1/2 end mills. The other 6 sizes very rarely used. Most everything else is dependent on type of work and size. 6" Kurt type vise is most popular size. Generally import tools are fair, its import cutting tools...

Never made any knives and unfamilar with required steels. Question would be could a machete be made from a old school hand saw. Youtube has some machete forging projects with leaf springs. Have no forge or leaf srpings but do have some hand saws. What do you think?

Do yourself a BIG favor and rent or buy a drywall lift. HF, Home Depot or craigs list. Can be resold eaisly.

New to me is a Delta 28-380 wood/metal cutting 14" band saw. Bought from an estate sale where it has been sitting unused for years. Currently it is in metal cutting mode, back gears ingaged. Problem is I cannot get it out of back gear. This is the model with a knurled knob at the center of...

Thank you so much for the information. I am in San Carlos, Ca close to San Francisco. Could you measure the diameter and length of the round part that goes into the tool? Yours is the first I have been able to see. Maybe I can grind the round part onto the hex shank? HF had some hex shank...

This repaired jack hammer has no bits with it. It is also missing the nameplate with model number. Can anyone help? I want to get bits to fit. Can't order without somekiind of model number. Don't know what the shank of the bits look like to buy them visually. Help!

The cable broke almost dead center. I am still trying to figure why. I will inspect the cable and pulleys frequently from now on. The original cable was slightly under 1.8 and fairly stiff. I replaced it with aircraft quality which is much more flexible. There are many places that a...

Just a FYI. I have a Troy sheet rock lift I bought used off Craigs list. The one Amazon sells for about $150. Looks new. Hung about 10 sheets of 5/8 x 4 x 8 for the shop ceiling single handed. Great experience. Handing the last full sheet and just cranked the wheel to get it tight against...