Recent content by Michael_in_DE

I bought a huge 30”x4’ 7” thick Boos butcher block, but it doesn’t have any legs. I know I can buy legs easily enough but I want to make a more substantial base for it. I contemplated aluminum square tube but I hear there’s quite the learning curve to learning aluminum welding. I also...

Do you make your own? What sizes do you do? Where do you recommend getting bulk rolls? What kind of tape do you recommend?

Check out the corrosion on these matco sockets.

heres the finished clamp btw.

using the citric acid recipe. most things need a couple minutes of tooth brushing after a few hours/day of soaking.

I have a money clip with the same casting. I got it from my neighbor who was a dealer in the 70s.

Booger! Finally! Thank you for sharing that. Been looking for it for a long time. Any idea, how they are dating them 2020+? Not that I could afford one that new, I am just curious.

Date? someone here posted a chart years ago and I have not been able to find it since. But basically they started in 98 0r 99 using the first letter in the serial number to correspond to the year made. so if your serial number starts with an 'A' your box is a 98 or 99 and so on. I have 4...

i don't know, are the cups dated?

Saw this a couple weeks in a row at the flea market. I was dumb thinking it was not very good because it looked kind of old, and thought it was not as good as the twist torque wrenches I already have. Plu of course it looks to be inoperable. But last Saturday I asked how much and he said $15. I...

So you're saying you picked up a dirty hoe? That your brother is finished with? That hoe gets around.

Got my AvE utility knife a couple days ago. Its really nice, but took some moderate finessing to get it working smoothly.

Uh...this is wildly inaccurate. thats about a $650-$700 setup in the philly tri-state area. those are tough well-built boxes.

Many small drill bits. No-name 3/8-to-half adapter cant remember how. sk 1/2" ratchet with a pipe on it, on an axle nut, so yes, my fault. It actually sparked when the head blew apart in a catastrophic failure. sk universal on a ram thermostat. I was not even torquing on it. With so many...