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Yes, OSHA definitely requires you have a "certification". It is not a license as with a state issued drivers license or an FAA type of thing, it is a private industry thing. The company can issue its own cert or there are industry standard ones. Some companies retain the card so if you go to...

Most of the professional auto mechanics I know have far more invested in tools than even they think is necessary. They also make no effort to buy used, or to get a bank loan on time and buy what they need at a discount (such as, if they pay cash to a truck vendor, especially one getting out of...

Were they made by the shotgun company?

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As I remember from reading old truck service manuals.....but never touched one myself...the school bus air brake compressors were made to work either way, either they had a supply and return line or they just had a little dipstick on the side. I've seen those on old schoolys repurposed for farm...

Because of the logistics and communications problems involved, that is the ONLY reason nine times out of ten.

The Taiwan and Japan made craftsman were a historical thing, that were for a short time and are interesting to tool foamers. They got the message (from dissatisfied customers) and went back to US manufacture. They were not bad tools, but arguably not as good, and besides, people wanted US made...

I worked for MW Doctronics for about three weeks at the very end. The Doctronics operation was not that old but the final cleanout pulled out cases of old tools, they had warehouses of "old junk" that got routed to Doctronics as it was no longer offered as merchandise. I saw quite a few of both...

Soldering guns were useful for the old line inhouse TV techs who had to solder in the field and everything was point to point wired. It is impossible to do good PCB soldering with a gun. The soldering gun also puts out a big electromagnetic field that can zap some parts on circuit boards where...

Those were mostly made for radio use. In the 1920s even though houses had electricity batteries were used to run tube radios. The filaments were powered by a 6 volt lead acid car style battery and the B+ came from a dry cell pack. You charged the filament battery in the car or from a house...

I like certain of the Hazet and Stahlwille pieces enough to pay SO prices for them but SO makes more sense for most US buyers because of warranty. SO prices are a little better if you can get an industrial account.

These were for the old 80 column punch cards used on mainframes. You can't buy anything new this well made any more.

Pretty much. He'd be way ahead to part it out. Looks like there is a Variac in there and the little scope would be good for conversion into an octopus tester or AM mod monitor. The generator would probably be parted out to make a regen receiver or a single 6V6 guitar amp.

Does he mostly just sell to Porsche/BMW/Benz shops?

I have no Ambition to Sacrifice everything Americans worked for for a hundred plus years to work for what the Chinese work for. I'm not going to ask anyone to work under those conditions either. The truth is China is not kicking our ***. The Chinese Communist party is working with...