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    Macnaught K32 Grease Gun

    I wonder if you can just replace the hose to get back to NPT thread?
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    Walmart Getting Serious About Tools in 2026?

    If you like that shape try out an Arkfeld (Ultra, Pro, etc). The laser is so handy!
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    Please school me on swivel rivets

    Even one from 2014 would probably do just fine :D
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    11b30b4's Vintage Classic Craftsman Drill Press Information Thread

    I did find one other one of the same P/N on eBay, but the guy wants $250 for it, lol.
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    11b30b4's Vintage Classic Craftsman Drill Press Information Thread

    I gave $50 for this one. I recently had to drill angle iron through the "corner", so I think this would be helpful for that same exercise on square or rectangle tube.
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    And now it has a tilt table :)
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    11b30b4's Vintage Classic Craftsman Drill Press Information Thread

    Snagged a tilt table for my Emerson. Gentleman was selling a DP w/ the table on marketplace; I managed to buy just the table.
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    This lathe in NJ will be gone fast

    I always chuckle when people on here complain about younguns with no integrity or knowledge, but this gentleman had none of the former, and the kid at the Oreilly's yesterday had to help when the old fella didn't know what plastigage was. It goes both ways.
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    Dewalt Deals

    That's Fleet Farm.
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    Eklind Is Closing Its IL Plant

    Worse yet, the rates are about to spike.
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    Eklind Is Closing Its IL Plant

    How is comparing a state to adjacent states (e.g. where that state's disgruntled members might move) a silly comparison? Comparing to Alaska would be a silly comparison.
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    Dewalt Deals

    Standard grinders are 4-1/2". I typically buy 5", which is what all the brand name cordless are now anyhow.
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    Eklind Is Closing Its IL Plant

    Is that so? With net migration every year since '09, that seems unlikely. If we're short houses, the rest of the Midwest must really be hurting:
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    Eklind Is Closing Its IL Plant

    There's a reason Illinois mfg jobs more than halved since 1970, but Indiana's only lost a third. You might argue that's insignificant, but the several hundred thousand people without good jobs would disagree (I'm sure someone will state those jobs aren't good too, but ask any small town who's...
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    Eklind Is Closing Its IL Plant

    How many more would it be if CaseIH (Moline, Rock Island, Chicago Works), Caterpillar, and others hadn't left? Not to mention the corporate offices of Boeing, Cat, Morton Salt. I just saw Tyson and Panduit are shutting down IL production too (moving to Indiana in Panduit's case).
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