Made a "quickie" motor stand for a Yamaha XS650 motor out of a 4 foot piece of old rusty square tubing and a scrap bracket laying around my warehouse.
(please excuse the crappy welds ;-)
Radian to XS650 swing arm shock mount mod
Moved shock mounts 3/8" inward on a 1981 Yamaha Radian swing arm to align with 1979 XS650 Yamaha frame shock mounts. I still need to wire brush and buff the welds, then sand blast, polish and power coat the swing arm. I already moved the brake stay from...
Re: Harbor Freight 20 ton press not stocked WTF
Went to HF for the second time to get this press today. I gave up last time after waiting in check out line forever while cashier tried to explain /sell extended warranty to some yay-hoo for a $30 item. So I get there today, stand in line only to...
Pulled all the drawers and slides from the Snap On KR657 I just picked up. I had to drill out every last screw holding the drawers on then had to drill out every rivet holding the slides in, what a pain in the A$$. Ran the slides through the parts washer to clean off 25 years of crud and see if...
If you guys need pickup in Houston, I have a warehouse in town and could pick and ship stuff easily, I have forklift, banding and packaging stuff and pallets..LMK
Recently got this nice little Blackhawk tool box (that had a number of sockets still in it) from a machine tool showroom that was closing. Any idea on age?
Picked up an old Snap-On rig KR637/KR657 & side box
It's in pretty good shape as far as wear goes, it'll need a little paint work and probably slides. I paid a little bit more for it ($900+) since it had the matching side cabinet and the guy tossed in a new (still sealed) 300 piece set of...
Finally got the cases split from my 1975 Yamaha MX400b, lots of patience and penetrating oil, a little heat and a big *** dead blow hammer. It had been siting up for a number of years.