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Which would be a bargain in today's world. Even a Leatherman Micra small multi-tool is $50 and doesn't have as many tools. The other...

This post from Practical Machinist discusses these obsolete sizes; my references go back to the late 50s but these sizes appear older...

Thanks! Seems the ones I have could be watchmaker or jeweler tools.

@drokihazan I know you stated you didn't want a round-column mill, but I wanted to put in my 2¢. I have one and it works fine if you...

I have a "Card's Improved Screw Plate" tap wrench set with 3 dies: 1/4"-20 and 2 other ones that appear to be marked 14-20 and 16-20. An...

For my own personal reasons I would prefer to support domestic manufacturers. That gets harder to do all the time. It isn't a quality...

I've done this to another tool chest. You want to sand the whole chest where you are painting it, not just some areas. 220 grit will be...

Rope or cord hanger?

CONCLUSION This Oliver 10045 came up for sale an hour and a half away. I looked into them and they are excellent machines. They are...

I thought of another tool that drives me nuts....flashlights that require multiple button pushes to turn off. I have never in my life...

+1. These have never worked for me, either.

Screw extraction kits. Not once have those things worked for me.

Dude. Same. I got mine from an antique store… Came in a cigar box with blades of all different shapes and sizes - all dull… But I love...

I seem to use this all the time (heavy duty X-Acto blade). I use it with a straight blade, not an angled one: