Recent content by gearsmithy

Well the neighborhood was a strategic real estate purchase. In downtown chicago, it's not exactly easy to find a garage that's not co-located. So if you want to have a garage in the city, you're pretty much limited to multi-million dollar properties or bad neighborhoods.

Good discussion topic. I live in a bad part of Chicago (Humbolt Park), I'm also a security consultant by trade here's what I've done with my garage and plan to do in 2010. We've had our house burglarized at least once in the past year, and since my neighborhood is full of wannabe gangsters, I...

Think you hit the nail on the head. I inherited this vice from my dad, who was a precision pattern maker. I never knew anything about it except what he told me when I was a kid when we brought it home "this vice is yours and don't ever get rid of it." That makes me appreciate it a bit more...

sorry man, it's got sentimental value. However, it does weigh in at about 200 lbs, so if it ever breaks off that rickety bench and smashes my toes I might give you a call. does come in handy though, i've used it to hold everything from washers to complete engines.

Hey guys, first time poster long time lurker. I couldn't resist posting on this one