Recent content by Hackhamster

That is really nice! I like the dark green Ooh, I just found a different green: Rustoleum Racing Green. :beer:

My garage is on the north side of the house, and has a dampness problem because the drainage on that side is so poor. French drains, drain tile, ditches dug, all that stuff has only made it tolerable: my neighbor's yard and gutters drain downhill into my side yard, where the driveway and the...

And I read an old thread about a 0000 Parker Vise, where it talks about how the "economy" Parker models were painted green to distinguish them from the regular vises they sold, which apparently were black. Were the Trojans, another economy line, painted green as well? I'm not finding a lick of...

Does the BLO interact with petroleum lubricants? I figure I will disassemble, clean, paint or treat the surfaces, lube and reassemble. I know I'm not going to paint the parts/surfaces that are going to be greased, but the parts that require lubrication not to get BLO either? Or does it even...

The old catalog image above says its 64 lbs, 4 1/2 inches, and opens to 6 1/2 inches According to the patent diagram, which shows how the swivel plate is suppsoed to look, those are the original nuts. One of the bolt ends is a little mushroomed over, so I will have to fix the thread to get it...

I can barely make out the outline of the inserts, its really corroded. Even brushing the **** out of it with a wire-wheel I really can't see any detail. I was checking out a video about electrolysis, I might need to do that. I just need to find a good oil-based paint that is a dark-greenish...

Found a nice picture, I think I might try this color-scheme rather than the gray I was considering, it looks classy:

I have an early 80's vintage Craftsman radial arm saw (my third), and I get this when my blade is either dull, the rip fence is got a little warp in it (I usually clamp in an extra long fence when using a jig setup, and the overhanging ends get a little squirrelly), or the kickback guide is out...

Thanks for the image! Nice to see where it fits in the Parker 720 series (what do I know, I just started on this a couple days ago). Those bolts on the side of the vise, that connect to those square plates under the swivel plate, I'm going to try to pull those off and clean them up, and the...

Here are some pics. Go figure, they are every which way. edit: and of course, there is a Vise 101 thread I haven't read :headscrat

I acquired an old vise from a friend of mine while I helped him move a bunch of his junk. It came from an old tech school welding shop in Baltimore that was being refurbed into a cooking classroom, and go figure, they were just chucking the old stuff in the trash. My buddy did a bit of...