Recent content by BlueBomber

Long time since I've posted, as I am mostly out of the acquisition phase of building my hoard and now am trying to get rid of stuff. Okay, thinking about trying to get rid of stuff. However, my kids and I were given a chance to pick my late father-in-law's shop in PA, so I drove the 12-mpg...

These are pretty cool, but not as cool as the current owner thinks... https://www.facebook.com/share/1JCHRXwn4n/

I fed the "Monday" version of ChatGPT your post, 3bay, and asked for some colorful words to describe such low-life hagglers. It did not disappoint: "Ah yes, the garage sale gremlin — the kind of guy who weaponizes trenchcoat sleaze and wounded patriotism to save seventeen cents on a crusty...

The BlueBomber Working Museum of Double Box End Wrenchs wall rack has indeed used all available spots. The bottom tier needs a second row like the top to give me 33% more hooks. However, I've limited my DBE collection to standard American fractional-inch sizes. The metric DBEs are in the tool...

SWMBO and I made it to an estate sales for the first time in an age, prefaced by a breakfast stop and a hot beverage, her standing ground rule for such outings. We browsed the house and workshop and brought the following home for $40: A solid wood bookcase. SWMBO suggested it for my sci-fi...

Ask and ye shall receive...

Thanks for the good example, Kay. My biggest personal shortcoming is an aversion to putting things away when I'm done with a project. That, and having a place for new things before they come in to the garage.

What sizes do you need? I've got a whole drawer full of duplicates from my collection. Happy to trade, any time. Also: estate sales and EBay. Anyone who claims they can't find any isn't really looking.

Thanks for noticing! Yes to the leg, no to the air hose reel. The leg is three 3/4" plywood panels that form a U-shaped pedestal to support the middle of the bench top and the vise. I designed the space to hold an air hose reel, but then realized I'd need the air hose more out in the rest of...

Indeed I do! My DBE wrench thread

Indeed! Here are three in one building that have been so unusable for so long that I have **** stacked in front of them. Edit: Here are the two in the other garage. The basement one will have to wait for another day.

The thread popped up to the top of my Watched items this morning and I clicked into it for the first time in a long while. I just mentally counted six work benches on my property in three buildings. Only half of one of them is clear enough to be usable. I guess I should admit that five of them...

Hey, gang! I found this Williams Superrench at a sale today and thought "Surely I don't have this one in my collection!" Williams Superrench No 8041, 1-5/8" x 1-7/16" Well, turns out I apparently do, although I can't seem to find it in the debris field that is my middle workbench. You'd...

Well, folks, it's been a looong bit since I've posted on here. Life's been busy, with a job change and other life activities filling up my days and weekends. Well, that and the perplexing scarcity of good sales near my digs this side of Boston. But THIS weekend, with SWMBO out of town and me...

Hey, gents, it's been forever since I've posted. Life's been busy and I haven't been following the thread regularly. I'm sure, however, the regulars are still posting and newbies are finding the thread and doing the same. Two weeks ago I spotted a Facebook Marketplace ad for a Craftsman riding...