Recent content by pdalton

Well RATS! But I don't doubt the correctness of your thoughts. So if I need to get an airless paint sprayer, what should I be looking for? Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk

I have a Craftsman 5HP/25 gallon air compressor (Model #919.15294 - so it's far from new) that -- for many years -- I've mostly used to air up tires & run a few air tools when working on vehicles, etc.. I've never tried using this (or any other) compressor to paint anything, but now I have...

Thanks, Jim. Any idea how/where I can access the catalogs from that time period?

That really is a cool story! Thanks for telling me about the allen wrench sets. I do have those, I had just put them is a drawer in my bigger toolbox. Paul

That would be great! But please make sure it really is the same set! I know Craftsman continued some model numbers for a lot of products over many years, but I'm pretty sure I got mine in the late 1960s or early 1970s. So it may or may not be exactly the same as the set you got in the 1990s...

Jim - Sorry about the delay in getting these photos posted. The first 3 photos are of the two ratchets in my set now 43785 & 44809). Looking at them together, it's pretty easy to see that they really wouldn't have both been in the same set originally. (I'm hopeful my brother will find that...

Jim - Thanks so much for your responses, and thanks to the others who responded, too! It all really helped! Specifically, the date difference you & others pointed out out triggered memories that I suspect explain the number difference on that 1/2" ratchet! For decades (and certainly...

Jim (& anyone else who might be able to help): I have a Craftsman mechanics' tool set that I bought 40+ years ago (late 60s or - more likely - early to mid 1970s). It's been the only socket set I've owned & used regularly & I've tried to keep it all together over the years. I'm missing 3...