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    Van norman 900 boring bar

    Van Norman 900 boring bar with tool kit. This was purchased from an automotive engine rebuilding equipment company in the Midwest and had been through their inspection process before we picked it up. The tool kit and accessories are with it. It has been used on 5 blocks since purchase. Life...
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    Organizing parts bins, need input

    Depending on your location you may want to try a Fastenal store. In most cases they will have bag quantities like 50or 100 of your most common used sizes of washers, nuts, screws etc. Much less than small packages of 5 or 10 at a time
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    ideas for salvaging steel building insulation

    may have a chance to get some 62"x 62" 6"thick unfaced bats from the roof of an older steel frame building . Nothing wrong with them . Dry and have had no moisture . I am trying to figure out the most economical way to use them in my wood framed 40 x 60 building . I have a ceiling with blow in...
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    Help with these bolts, presumably ties.

    As others have said .. They need to be there . A couple different options . I would not use the same holes for a couple reasons . tough to get the junk out of the hole . Hole may be too large now . most importantly the old anchors should not have came out without being cut off flush at the plate...
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    Best Paint for Steel Primed Entry Door?

    not sure where you are on this by now , but I have taken two doors to a body shop . one is 15 years old and still shines like new . Just replaced the one on the shop the same way . I take the trim off and put it back after curing . cost me $125 each time
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    SK or Armstrong?

    I have a bit of everything and everything has its place depending on price and use . If I used them everyday to make a living it may be a different story . I work in an area that sells tools and I can tell you that Craftsman , gearwrench , armstrong , Allen , and matco are all owned by the...
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