Recent content by MongoTA

No, both Emmerts had been in service. One is complete and just needed some light cleaning, the other is missing a few minor pieces but functional. No broken castings on either.

Impressive! I was just in Athol. The two Emmert turtlebacks I picked up last week came from an auction at LS Starrett in Athol.

Picked up two of these Turtlebacks this week. When rotating the handle on one of them there was a little binding, like the screw was tweaked just a bit. Took it apart and sure enough, sighting down the length there's a bit of a bend in the screw. Use an arbor press to very carefully o_O take...

I made my own about 30 years ago, still use it today. It's a tabletop version, when in use, most often I put it on my table saw table. When tucked it can be hung from the shop ceiling. I've built numerous runs of kitchen and bath cabinets, built-in libraries, wainscot and runs of trim as needed...

Part of an auction lot I picked up at the Starrett manufacturing facility in Athol MA. Two Emmert patternmakers vises. One fully functional with no missing parts (except for the handle) and with no apparent damage: And the second with a few missing parts and a screw with some wear at the...

In some ways, once you get one, you find more uses for it. But there's always that balancefiguring out if it's worth it to supplant what you have with something new. My first compressor was for nail guns. Thomas ST2880. I've had it for near 30 years, still runs like a champ. Ran mostly air...

Just helped my son, we changed the front and rear suspension on his '06 Subaru. We were cruising through it. Right up until I snapped the head off that same bolt. Stared at it for a bit but nothing changed. Yep, I really did that. Same thing, had to drill it out.

I have Tekton roll ups. I do like them, as I move the wrench sets around, either taking them out into the driveway, or to my sons. They velco closed and there's a velcro flap that covers the top so wrenches can't slip out of the roll. All of the sets in the photo below (regulars, shorties, and...

It's been mentioned in the years ahead as a ground down stump breaks down you can end up with a depression in your yard. True. You can accelerate the decay by drilling a bunch of holes with a drill. I have a 3/4" drill I use. You can leave it as is, or fill the holes with an accelerant to move...

I have two Starrett 98s, they came in a stacked set of Kennedy boxes I picked up at auction. Not a well attended auction, a small shop, didn't find out until later that the owner died. nearly nonexistent bidding so I picked up the boxes and a 12" lathe. Lathe is still sitting outside on a...

Might be Leland Gifford. "LP" for Leland Products.

@Kaizen "Lately they are coming out with large spacers that almost look like pieces of an i beam." I've used something similar, even DIY fabricated them way back in the day. But the commercially available ones I know of are called Main Deck Brackets. They've been around for quite some time but...

I've been running a chainsaw since I was 12 years old. First one was an old Homelite with a 12" bar. While I adore trees, sometimes they do have to come down. With some it's easy. With others it's a more difficult decision. We had two oaks, one 95', the other over 100' tall, that were near our...

I understand.

Serious congrats. Those oldies are indeed goodies. I do love old iron. While I've refurbished, personally, I refuse to repaint. Most repaints: blech. Unnatural. They're like a good looking woman, aged well, who decides to have a bit of work done and then simply comes out looking a bit goofy...