Recent content by DaveAndStuff

You can grind the tang off and make them work if they are the right diameter and wide enough

I'm sorry, I thought you wanted to replace the receptacle. As I remember, those old bakelite plugs are easy to fix.

Why not just buy an up-to-date motor-base receptacle?

Had you already painted it I would say it looks great. But since you haven't, I will say I think the black ceiling looks awful. And I agree with everyone else about the light. My favorite shop color combo is: White ceiling Medium dark grey bottom 4' of the wall Mint (or any light color you...

Pretty sure I have seen them on old carnival ride lights.

It is designed to put water in the tank.

I was talking about the buck-saw

Is that an emegeny pressure relase hanging on the front?

Street elbow Should have kept reading

Check to see if it's just a mailbox lock, that's what mine was. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mailbox+lock&ref=nb_sb_noss&tag=atomicindus08-20

Is it a dryer or an after-cooler?

And has sharp, decent blade

I am surprised you use the cut-off saw, I would think you'd get nicer, more accurate cuts with the table-saw.

If I had a bunch of small blocks to square, I would bolt together two 1-2-3 blocks and check three angles at a time.

I prefer a combination square to a tri-square