Recent content by rustytruck66

I picked up a pair of copper head Temco hammers this weekend at a swap meet. I love the patina, but both handles are done for. I want them to look original when I hang the heads on new handles. The originals have red textured grip paint on them. Has anybody found textured paint that would look...

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Long time, no post, haha. Here are a couple recent projects... Sent from my iPad using The Garage Journal mobile app

Re: Snap on krsc46 mod thread . Picked this one up a few weeks ago. The 2" drawer mod is extremely tempting. Going to be using it as a machinist box so the more shallow drawers the better. Sent from my SM-J327P using Tapatalk

Latest eBay score. Five Tesa micrometers. Just need a 0-1 and a 4-5. Sent from my SM-J327P using Tapatalk

Technically with a 5/64" drill you could go all the way down to a #3 screw. Its hard to get a sense of scale from the picture but i bet that would be a #8 or #10 machine screw. If it were me I would start by giving it a good soak in some penetrating oil. Heating it up a little before hand will...

Bad picture, but had a 3 legged visitor. First time I've seen her around. Thought it looked like it was moving funny so I got out the binoculars. Sure enough she's missing a back leg. Seems to get around fine. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

I've been really impressed with the amount of floor space I have now that all the junk has been piled on the other side of the garage. I plan to get a table saw, bandsaw, and build a welding table, but I'm having a hard time coming to terms with giving up the real estate. I've only been working...

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Here is a couple pics of when I bought my Leblond lathe home. Got it for a song. Basically bought the brand new Baldor 2hp motor and got the lathe and new bison 3 jaw for free. Bought it from a used machinery dealer in Auburn. Think it was one of those things that his usual customer wasn't...

Found a couple pictures of the garage about a year after I moved in... I almost forgot about that old Atlas lathe... Looks so empty

Progress has been slow, but steady. Machinists and drywall don't really get along. There isn't a stud in that garage hung straight, had to sister in a second 2x4 in a few places to be able to put up a full width sheet. My inner OCD was going nuts, haha. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

This is her current state. Been dragging my feet on a power disk brake upgrade. Pretty close to finish, only thing really left to do is run the lines. Still got to finish up the new wiring harness. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

It was originally white, not sure what the original owner was going for with the tri tone brown/silver thing. Looked kind of cool in an ugly sort of way.