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I have a bunch of different ones, something in my collection will work.

When I went to school in the 70s & 80s they had metal and wood shop classes, as a kid I always liked building things. When I went into the USAF in the early 80s I picked airframe structural repair as a career field on the advice of my Sensei of many years. Later in my life I became involved with...

Sturdy little vice.

Here are some of the wrenches I have found over the years at Goodwill in Everett Washington.

My tool collection started with a craftsman 3/8 drive greaseable ratchet back in 1980, still use it to this day. I have some air tools from my time as a sheetmetal mechanic on helicopters, some of it is not organized but thrown into one big heap. All of my hammers are hanging on the wall as they...

Just an FYI for the channel lock purchaser, I called them about ten years ago and thanked them for still making their stuff in the states and maintaining good quality, well they got my address and sent me some cool hats free of charge.

My little shop, not big but enough room to make projects. I have a homemade anvil type thingy works well I made out of two pieces of railroad track which I welded together then welded a piece of .500" thick AR500 steel to the top. Installed it on top of pieces of 6x6 pressure treated wood beams...

Stuff I have made over the years, these are items I made while in Bahrain with a AH-1 Cobra contract, I had a helper with the trailer and A-frame. The engine stand was for an extra BMW V-12 I had.

A boat trailer I made in Bahrain 20 years ago, A 15x28 foot shop I welded up 24 Years ago.

I was taught as a young Sheetmetal man in the USAF many years ago, steel is slow speed heavy feed.