Recent content by jweier111

Are you looking for brand new, NOS (new old stock) or vintage? There is quite a bit of difference between them. I have Williams sets from the 50's (J.H. Williams), but the bulk of my Williams stuff is NOS sets from the early 80s (and some early post Snap-on acquisition stuff from just after...

About 15 years ago I got a bug up my backside to upgrade my tools. Just about the time Craftsman had just started importing hand tools. I decided on going used for the most part and primarily settled on SK and Proto (or any of the other old Pendleton Tool Industries brands; Challenger, P&C...

I feel obliged to give some credit where credit is due (dad brag warning). There aren't that many kids in my daughters generation who ask for a work permit for their 14th birthday, find a job a week later, stick with it for 2 years while staying on the honor role, and throw more than 1/2 what...

The over all dimensions are 30 x20. The drawers internal measurements are approx. 25.5 x 13 (to achieve the peg board alcove in the back). Vertical angle is 1.5" and the drawer pulls are 1" (about a 1/4-3/8 gap for fingers is enough for my hands). Drawer slides are 120lbs capacity ball bearing...

Most, but not all.

So glamor shots time. Here's how it turned out.

It's been a while since I posted. Couple years ago I switched gears from the garage to building a wood shop in my basement. As this isn't" Basement Journal Forum" I figured I'd spare you all the build process. Two years later I'm wrenching a little more regularly again. My daughter is...

My understanding is Diehl was it's own thing up until 1988 then it was bought by Ryobi. The 315 line included the Craftsman "Commercial" line (prior to Ryobi I think). Sometimes also refered to as "Industrial" (and not to be confused with the later "Professional" line) these were pretty good...

motox4evr, I'm not exactly sure what's going on there. But it almost looks like someone set it up to run another piece of equipment with the same motor. I didn't see a belt going to the spindle pulley in your pictures. Also it looks like someone drilled a hole in the center of the face of the...

FrankLee, you are a life saver man! I haven't checked the run out since the initial rebuild (replaced all the bearings). The drill press has been hanging out in the basement for the last year waiting for me to finish other projects. I did order that chuck, so I'll stop back with run out...

Hey guys, hoping someone might be able to help me out with some info. I have a 103.23120 13 1/2" drill press I've been working on. It came with a Jacobs 6426 keyless chuck. I'm not a huge fan of the keyless model and would like to replace it with a standard chuck. I'm hoping someone might be...

It sure does look original! Nice work. I have two of those planers in the garage right now. I've pulled some stand plans off Vintage Machinery, but I like the angle iron idea.

Thanks, I just picked up the grinder and did the restore recently. I'm already looking for another one for the basement shop. Red Leader has a couple of 115's from that time period on here and his restores are top notch. I'd love to find a 115.6965 or an S-5309. Out of curiosity is the...

Really like your work on the restores AdrianBoomer. Here are a few of mine. I have a Craftsman badged 12" Parks planer and King Seeley 6" joiner in the queue right now. Also a Walker Turner Cabinet saw I'm planning to start on over the winter.

Made progress today cleaning up the mess in the other section of the garage. I have additional shelving to put up. In another couple weeks the saws, sander and planer are moving to the basement. Still have more gear to put away in the outdoor storage shed too. Wasn't all work and no play...