Recent content by Gearhead88

I gave up trying to find a stand for my Van Norman boring bar so I made one. I bore cylinders as needed , one less thing to outsource. Oh .........and no laughing at the use of a hole saw to bore those three holes in the 1.25" steel top , I took my sweet time and the hole saw survived to cut...

It has issues and needs to be serviced

45 when I'm not out there & about 60 ish when I'm puttering

Lot's has happened since I last posted in this forum ................ I no longer use photobucket , I started to get annoyed with the way it all worked so I closed my account . I'm semi retired now and have more time to putter in the garage . The shop layout has changed slightly and there are...

I have recently purchased a Van Norman 944 boring bar , what I can really use now is a stand for it . These stands are used when boring removable cylinders as used on a lot of air cooled engines such as motorcycle , VW etc . See attached pics for examples of this type of stand . The red...

Inspiring ! to say the least.

It might be to remove the camshaft timing gears from a triumph motorcycle engine.

I still have most of that set , the box is long gone. I use them every day at work. I tease my younger co-workers about me having ratchets older than them .

Thank's Guys , I am tool nut , I've been a tradesman for over forty years so it only stands to reason that I'm gonna have a bunch of tools. This oak toolbox , when it showed up on Kijiji , I had to have it , a perfect place to keep all my guitar setup tools. Yes , I'm a music nut too...

The story , ......... I bought it a couple of months ago for $30 , it was listed on Kijiji. My memory is a little hazy and I'm not sure but I think these were a limited edition in the craftsman catalog back in the 90's , 80's ??? I was hoping someone would look at my pics and respond...

Does this look familiar to anyone ?

Lookin good

It's old , it's out of a motorcycle shop that went broke about 35 years ago. I believe it was made in Europe but I'm not sure. The lift table that Harbour freight and Princess Auto sells are a clone of this one. The Chinese are known for reverse engineering and building knock offs. I had this...

Thank you Sir

We're in Calgary Bill .