Recent content by JebNY

Not a great picture but here it is. Not an expensive drill press even way back in the 70s when I bought it but it has done well for me. Came with a 3/4" chuck that had about 1/32 wobble in the end so I put a good 1/2' chuck in and the rest was good. I still get the big chuck out once in awhile...

Not a new idea for me. I did this with my bench drill press soon after I bought it 45+ years ago. The floor and bench drill press unit were identical except for the post and the size of the bottom plate (and price). I had a metal cabinet with drawers about 20"X30" that I mounted permanently on a...

Only a little over 200 miles for me. I agree great stores, I hit a Menards whenever I get a chance when we are up North. Maybe someday they will expand down here.

Can't believe all the people that need neat little square rags that need to be washed. I hit the local rummage sales on the last day when they sell clothes for $1/bag. I go in and pick clothes that feel like they would make good rags and stuff the sacks. It is fun because women will try and...

You use reverse gear less than 1% of the time so it is really not needed? I had one short bed pickup in the last 30+ years and loved how it drove, but it was worthless for many of the things I want a truck for. I stick to regular cabs with an 8 foot box, gives me about the same handling in a...

The biggest things I would change: I should have put in taller and wider doors, mine are 8'X8'. Higher ceilings (I'm about a foot shy of having the room for a lift, they were not a possibility when I built the shop 27 years ago). I have 4 deep bays, 12 foot wide, two are closed off for shop...

Guess I'm the odd one on the thread. Mine hang on the peg board in a special hanger I picked up somewhere that has different size loops, it holds all my 3/8 racket collection. Assorted other hangers hold the bigger and smaller ones. Tools I use all the time I like on the wall, the tool box is...

Well I thought I had found a place of like spirits but what's with this throwing perfectly good stuff out because you haven't needed it in a year ****. Yea real **** should be thrown out but if you are hanging out on this forum you must fix and build things. You need raw materials to do that...

A lot of you guys have bigger and fancier TV systems in your garage than I have in my living room. I have 16" B&W on a high shelf that will be on the curb after the digital switch over, since a converter box would be a wast on it. I seldom use it anyway and usually just turn on my yard sale...

I have painted a lot of pegboard and a few holes have clogged but I guess I was lucky. The few that have clogged I just drill out if I need them. Jeb

I made up a template for a page of cards and print them on my home printer on card stock. If you want slightly fancier you can get slightly textured off white card stock. I even have a reduced contrast images as the background that shows off some of my hobby. Doing it this way I can print up...

A friend installed a Sanyo version of these in his house. This is the first Winter so the data is still coming in, but so far he is happy. He was still getting a 45 degree differential from outside at 20 degrees when he switched over to his boiler. So far it has been significantly cheaper to...

I use the HF red/white box gloves for quick jobs. The first box were a bit small but worked. After they were open for awhile and I hadn't used them, the ones on top were very easy to rip. I threw away a bunch of them and now keep them in a big ziplock bag. I also bought a bigger size that...

I'm East of Rochester. Never know how to describe where I'm at, If I say Western NY they think West of Buffalo. We are North of Finger Lakes Region. So I just say Upstate, so people know I'm not in NYC or Long Island. Jeb

I bought one of these a couple of years ago and the plunger mechanism to load grease was missing. I returned it and the clerk and I looked at all of them on the shelf and none had the part was missing on all of them. I assume the current ones are complete if it passed. Jeb