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I let them soak overnight in ****** fluid.Even rusty ones usually free up after a soaking.

You did good.I got this one at a flea market last October for $90.00.It has no motor or accessories though.I had been looking for one for many years.

Check out the Wentzville,Mo. flea market.It gets good from about April and lasts untill November.I have bought about 80% of my tools there,it is amazing.

I've been doing pretty good at the Wentzville,Mo. flea market this year.I got an 80 lb class roller rod and penn 9/0 reel($125.00).Two spotting scopes 2 weeks later($20.00).And last week a Sears Craftsman/Atlas 101 metal lathe($90.00).Life is good...

The flea market at Wentzville is located off Church street at the fairgrounds. If you get there and the parking lot is full,DON'T park in the streets.The cops will write a ticket.It's not posted as no parking,but to me its seems like a source a revenue for the city.Pevely is pretty much dead,but...

A few years ago i bought a Hitachi 10" slider on clearance for $240.00 from Lowes.It's a bada$$ piece of machinery,i tell you.With a Porter-cable hybrid blade called a razor,it makes some clean cuts.

I used JB weld to fix a large crack in my aluminum boat hull.It was below the water line.It held up until i got rid of the boat.

I give them to my son-in-law...to keep him away from the good stuff.

I can't bring a camera to work,not even my cell phone.I work at Olin/ Winchester in the ballistics lab,in product test.We test all ammo that is loaded in the plant.From 25 auto to 50 BMG.Its rough work...but somebody has to do it.LOL

Yes,i live in Granite City,3 miles east,across the Mississippi River.I heard from the guys that worked there that the dealerships could write off the loss for taxes.There were carbs.,intakes,tools,fenders,etc.It looked like a tractor-trailer unloaded the stuff,i was in disbelief when i saw...

Back in the mid 1980's the plating shop i worked for would sell their scrap plated parts for cash.We would go to the St.louis auto shredders in East St.louis,IL. to dump the scrap off.It was UNREAL the stuff that layed around.One time i was there and a local G.M./Chevy dealership was scrapping...

Whenever i drywall anything i use 2 screws about 2-3 inches apart at regular intervals.It pulls the screws to the drywall tight to prevent shifting of the screw depth.

Back in 2002 i went on vacation at lake of the Ozarks with my wife and youngest son.We had a great time and were headed back to Illinois.I forgot to check all fluid levels and the boat trailer lug nuts,when just outside of St.louis all HELL breaks loose.I looked back in my rearview mirror just...

Oldtools,we would usually bend the metal at least 90° to verify the plating on thin parts.Thicker parts were beat with a hammer or hit with a grinder.Sandblasting was rarely used in my shop.Most everything required a high polish in order for it to look good.Plating will not cover scratches or...

I used to work in a plating shop many moons ago.It sounds like they ran too much voltage or current during the nickel or chrome plating process.Too much power "burns" or overplates the part and the plating becomes brittle or flakey at the edges or corners.We were required to test every job we...