Recent content by can20

I just found this Armstrong 454 labeled tool and have no idea what it is for and my google searches brought me here. I use garagejournal for other stuff but I guess this site also has information on anything and everything tool related.

Thank you for this information. I appreciate the opportunity to learn. Cheers, Chris

Hey, I wanted to put an update to get your opinion. It is a far drive for me to pick up, so the guy disclosed to me that, prior to driving out there, he wanted me to be aware of one area of concern on the bottom of the swivel jaw. Would you please look at these pictures and tell me what you...

I’m a little late to the conversation here. But I have been trying to figure out the manufacture date of my vises. Here is my Schiller Park bullet. It says 12-31-63. I was assuming that it was manufactured on New Year’s Eve of 1963. But I am not completely confident of that. One might expect...

I have not gone to pick it up yet. i only have the pictures at this point.

Hey I hope someone sees this, but I’m looking at that same vise for $60 and thinking about picking it up. But it is missing the swivel base. Everything else looks like great condition though, no damage. Is that a good deal?

Thanks for the response. So I guess that means I don’t need to worry about masking that line on the back of the grinder, I’ll just paint the whole thing.

Hi everyone I’m back to ask for some ideas again. I’m working on that Baldor grinder that I got for $40. After cleaning it up inside and putting a power cord and strain relief bushing, I had to basically strip down all the paint while removing surface rust and dirt. So now I need to paint this...

I love the way these vises reflect the cultural climate of the timeframe. Early to middle Cold War inspired space race led to a culture that was obsessed with science, technology, and space. We saw cultural obsession with these ideas and a general respect for science and intellectualism. We saw...

Thank you everyone for the input, and I did take the advice of everyone here and I ended up just getting both. And I talked the one guy down to $100 for the jet grinder—it was at an auto mechanic shop and he told me that he bought it and never ended up mounting it or using it and now has more...

Im not sure that the jet grinder does do anything that the other one can’t. They are both grinders. I just don’t know if a belt driven system is as good as a newer style grinder. The vintage one has a much better base and is much cooler, I would love to clean it up a bit and grease it and change...

Not at all offensive, it’s a very reasonable comment to make. I am a licensed pharmacist and I have two homes that are paid off but the cash flow from that goes directly into an account that can be accessed by my Property manager for emergency repair etc or if I have a sudden vacancy. My power...

I understand what you’re saying. I wish I could get both. I am actually a bum without current work and have exactly $131 so I could get one or the other and then likely will lose the opportunity to get the other product. Of course, for the jet grinder I could always just pay more and buy the...

I wad Hoping for some opinions and input. I have been offered a great deal of 130 for a 1hp jet grinder on a basic little stand. But also for the same price could acquire this really cool vintage grinder—it had a motor mounted to the base and a belt that goes up to a drive shaft and on that...