Recent content by jawoodworking

Outlaw...given a name like yours you should have no problem imagining:lol: Actually, my sons and I collect every rusty hatchet and knife that we come across at garage sales. Future restoration projects! jawoodworking

exmaxima1 - Thanks. I built a small 16'x20' backyard shop last summer, and, given that I am a woodworker, I had to have a proper woodworking bench. Thankfully, I saved the massive crate that my CNC machine was shipped on, and was able to build the bench completely out of that. I don't have any...

For size comparison, here is the no-name vise next to the Chas Parker 973 Thanks, jawoodworking

Hello all. I was never one to care about vises until discovering GJ. Now I have three! My first one was a small Columbian d43 1/2 that I overpaid for because I wanted a vise so bad! I have since completely restored it. My second one was a Chas Parker 973 that I picked up a year and a half ago...

It has been a long time since I posted, but reading this thread is a daily requirement for me. I finally took the time to sit down and post up some items I have come across this year. First up are a few random items I picked from an old shop across town from me. I went there expecting great...

It has been a while since I posted, but I just picked up this sweet Powr-Kraft bench grinder of CL for $35. Didn't even haggle. It is in great condition and each face shield has a small light built in behind that turn on along with the grinder! Thanks, jawoodworking

Thanks guys! It is a JET HVBS-461 Since I am a woodworker, this was one of those machines that I was watching for, but didn't need all that badly, so I was waiting for a killer deal before I picked one up. Now I just need to get a welder, an anvil, and a metal lathe and I will be unstoppable...

Finally found a deal on a horizontal band saw. Picked up via CL last week for $50! The original posting said the tracking was off, but after installing a new blade, which came with the saw, and adjusting the guide rollers, it cuts straight and true! jawoodworking

Here are a few of my latest acquisitions. I stopped by a sale on late Sunday afternoon, since i had a few errands to run. The lady had quite a few rusty tools and odds and ends left, and she was ready to practically give me everything just to get rid of it. Most of the tools and woodworking...

LTK, i have a Williams wrench just like that one that I purchased from an online auction, just because. I will never have a use for it, but, like you, I had to have it. It currently hangs on the shop wall. Jawoodworking

Thought I would share my latest metal cabinet project. I picked up this chest of drawers, at a garage sale last summer, for $20. It was chock full of goodies. I figured I would use it in the backyard shop, but after remodeling our house, we really needed a small table or surface next to the...

I am torn on the bookcase as well. I bought it, thinking it would be a fun way to display some old tools and collectibles out in my shop, protected from the dust and debris. But at 16'x20', my shop is filling up incredibly fast. If anyone is interested in buying it, let me know. I will have to...

Here are my finds from two sales last week. The first picture was from a professionally run estate sale, which means no great deals, but good stuff that caught my eye. $19 total The next day my sons and I stopped at a garage sale where the 50 years of garage accumulation was spread out...

I have been pretty quiet on GJ since life has been so busy, but I have managed to pick up a few items over the past couple of weeks. From a local online auction: Small cabinet that I am using as a drill press stand $6 Art Metal barrister bookcase $60 Wilton woodworkers vise - perfect for...

Davefr, Great scores! The coat rack, vacuum tube, padlock, and chisel finds are why i go to these kinds of sales. Jawoodworking