Recent content by firingsquad

Yeah, they're aluminum. I searched those for a casting mark too but found none.

Picked this up last year at an auction on the cheap and stuck it in the corner until recently. The cart spent it’s life in a factory that produced screws, and it was there for a good long while. It was filthy rotten disgusting, covered in cosmoline and grease, which in reality kept it from...

I just finished restoring this ole' girl not too long ago, I love the old Reed's

Been lurking for a long time, even before I created my account. I guess it's time I start posting a bit. I rent a garage space for what some would consider to be a criminally inexpensive price in Providence RI. Fix trains for a living and spend my off time tinkering with my junk. I've started...

That my current restoration. I’ll post some photos of it when I’m all done.

Here is one of my 9300's. This thing was a total basket case when I bought it. It came as part of a lot of 6 9300's that I bought locally and this was the worst of the bunch. What started as a minor repaint in my Covid boredom spiraled into my polishing everything, handmaking soft jaws out of...

I’ve got several, both at work and in the home garage. They all get used almost daily.

I've been on a pretty good run of local finds lately. The Wilton and the Chas Parker 59X came from the same place, both look like they've barely been used. The 59X is a monster compared what I'm usually buying ,had to put the little 9300 Wilton next to it for comparison. The Prentiss looks like...

Been lurking this forum for a while, figure it's time I start posting stuff. Picked these up from a Pasta Factory of all places. The grime is all old food. I cleaned them up with Soft Scrub and they came out real nice. Gonna have to snap some photos when I go out to the garage.