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The knob should adjust the tension on the quill, so you just fine tune it to what you need it to do. For a drum sanding attachment, you would want to adjust the knob to essentially hold the drum in place so you can hold whatever you are sanding with two hands. Regarding the motor, there are...

You have a have a cool drill press there. As to your questions: 1. That’s the quill lock. If you use a drum sander attachment or the shaper attachment it should lock the quill in place. 2. I’m not sure…. It might be related to the quill lock. 3. Those should be toggle style switches. 4...

Yes, on a lot of the items. I needed a 35 mm impact socket and got some additional ones to fill some gaps in what I had. Same thing with some larger metric wrench sizes I needed. Wright makes quality tools, so I ordered what I needed from HJE. The timing for the job I needed them for and...

It’s a day, centered around the 4th of July, to buy tools made in the USA from the tool store, Harry J Epstein’s. It helps support American manufacturing and a small business. It’s been going on for a few years, and an opportunity to buy some great tools and get a t-shirt and other goodies...

As others have been quick to reply, it’s probably a Cole vise, though I had one made by “North Tools” from Compton, CA or something like that. I traded it and some Benjamins for a vintage milling machine. There were a bunch of accessories that would go with it. Check the link below...

Nice restoration Thundermug! It looks a thousand times better than it did when you got it.

I'd love to know how old your Remline chests are too, and I'm hoping that someone with knowledge of it will chime in. I have two Remline boxes with the name in different fonts. My top box has the box tag/label on one of the drawers, and the date code on it is 1960. Sorry for the lousy pic...

I knew Kennedy used to make a brown wrinkle paint to match their toolboxes. I did some googling, and now I see that there are a few companies like VHT that make wrinkle paint too. Having a ready made can would certainly take some guess work out of it.

It looks like a Montgomery Wards (Powr-Kraft) branded scroll saw made by Duro Metal Products. Check out VintageMachinery.org. http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=270&tab=4&sort=1&th=false&fl= Duro used a crinkle finish on a lot of their machines. They accomplished that...

Hi Andrew, Check out the Vintage Machinery website and OWWM.org. Your lathe is on page 24 of the 1936 catalog : http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=2956 The 101 in the model number indicates that it was made for Craftsman by Atlas. I don't have any experience with your...

I just went through your whole thread. What a great transformation and project!

Beautifully done Txinkman!

The orangish-red one is a grinder wheel dressing tool.

The Armstrong shirt was Made in USA by Bayside I believe.

I got my order in today and Epstein's is AWESOME!