Recent content by cchandler068

Wow, you guys are good! Thanks! Although, being only a shade-tree mechanic (at best), I'm wondering what brake springs require a three-foot-long tool to work with... :P

My father passed away 25 years ago and I inherited all his tools and tool boxes. He had several toolboxes full of stuff and I never really checked anything other than the main box, which became my main box. Well, the Stay at Home order here in Michigan got me cleaning and organizing my garage...

Well, I can see I need to up my game considerably. :p Mine are all thrown in a single drawer without really being organized... nor do I have the vast quantities that are being shown in some of these pictures. I think I might have a dozen or so (not counting needle files).

Working on a project during quarantine, I pulled out my old table saw. I'd never really paid much attention to it before, but since joining GJ I've paid a bit more attention to the tools I have. Anyway, the saw was my grandfather's and is an Atlas S10ES (1947 or so vintage), made right in my...

Well, I prefer having the lubricators to having to remember to oil the tools each time before I use them (or after). I know myself too well, I will forget or be too busy or just be lazy and not do it. I kind of look at the last 20 years of using the old compressor as this step. I know what I...

Hello, I'm new here. although I've hung out as a non-member reading posts for a few months. Be warned, this post is long. :shocking: So, what prompted me to sign up for a membership and post is my 25-year-old compressor blew up last week. It shattered the connecting rod on one of the...

Hello! I've been lurking here for a couple of months and thought it was time to jump in. My garage is a somewhat oversized 2 car garage at 26 x 30 with a two-car garage door. I've actually had three cars in there at once, but the MGB had to be lifted with a pallet jack and slid sideways...