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Reddy Parts has a lot of the items I mentioned in my post. There are several other web sites including the Sears Parts site I mentioned where you can find parts. ebay is another source, as is Amazon. Even so you can't get any of the body parts such as fuel tank, hood (outer shell), combustion...

Forced Air Kerosene Heaters, aka "salamanders" or "torpedo heaters". I have an old one, a Craftsman 50,000 BTU made around 1973. I'm posting this because I want to share some of the info I've found about these heaters. First off, most of these heaters were made by DESA. If you have one of the...

Speaking from several decades of experience as an inside machinist (meaning I worked in a machine shop and set up, operated, and programmed machine tools, thereby making thousands of machined parts) the above-pictured tool or any of similar type is the best choice for deburring holes. It will...

I love the Makita impact. The drill/driver is good, and the small hammer drill/driver is very good. No problems ever, even after the impact fell off my roof about 35 feet to the ground, thankfully not on concrete. All are 18 volt. Batteries have held up well. The chargers not as well, but they...

Maybe because we have bigger tools? As we become older and wiser we find we want to make working on our stuff easier which requires more specialized tools, plus we have a lot more stuff we have accumulated that needs to be worked on.

You can also get 4 in 1 chuck keys. 4 different sizes, plus the 4-way comes in a couple of different sizes to fit small keyed chucks and large keyed chucks. The chuck maker and model number ought to be on the chuck itself. Genuine Jacobs chucks always have info engraved on them. If you can find...

Just FYI - There are at least 4 Youtube videos of the vises on this forum. Just clips of each vise, probably taken from these posts. It's hours of vises - I think each video is about 50 minutes long. Posted by sezardon about 6 months ago under "The Vises of Garage Journal". Great for just...

I picked up 8 vises and 4 6" C-clamps brand-new from Lowe's yesterday. Made by Bessey. All were deeply discounted. 4" swivel-base vises were $8 each. 2-3/8" clamp-on was $3.50 each and a vacuum-mount was $3.34. C-clamps were $2.60 each. I got 3 of the 4" for $22, 3 clamp-ons for $10, the...

Just a few thoughts on vise pricing: If new quality vises are selling for hundreds of $ these days why are used vises of equal or higher quality apparently worth so much less? Seems to me if I were looking for a quality vise to put into service it would be worth more than $1 a pound to get one...

I bought a cheap 6" grinder years ago. I recently bought a used 6" Central Tool grinder. Comparing the grinders there isn't a lot of difference in weight and the current draw is about the same. The old one (OK, I bought it about 35 years ago) has been heavily used and has had a wire wheel...

San Angelo bar! Only reason I know it is called that is because it still had a sticker on it with that info. Basically a 6 foot long pry bar, one chisel-point end, one pointed end. Shank is around 1" hex bar. It was rolling around in the back of some pinheads pickup truck until it finally rolled...

I agree with the advice to run the drill slow. Very slow. Also, can you sharpen your drill bits? If so you should try changing the point angle so the point of the drill is flatter. Standard drill point is 118 degrees included angle. You should go for something like 140 - 160 degrees. Harder...

Yup - if I had as much money as I have time I'd drive to get some of the deals I see you all post. CL is pretty dry around here, but I still check it. Getting ready to head up to the local flea market. Who knows what might be found! Thanks McBrownie.

I haven't been posting because I've been working on way too many projects including a Reed 203 1/2 Have camera Will post eventually. PS - I really like Reed vises. Excellent design and construction!

FYI - Hope this is helpful to someone. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-VISE-Swivel-Base-Machinist-Bench-3-jaw-REV-O-NOC-Parts-/360911470751?pt=BI_Tool_Work_Holding&hash=item540800009f...