Recent content by sillwic9

Thank you! Absolutely priceless. He was a lifelong mechanic. His dad actually worked as a mechanic for Ford when they had a plant in Dallas, TX. I never got to work on cars with him, so this is the next best for me.

Thank you everyone. I went back out this morning. I can’t find any markings on the bottom box. Not sure if anything is small enough to be hidden behind the homemade tray with the wheels. The top box is a KR-533A

Thank you everyone. I went back out this morning. I can’t find any markings on the bottom box. Not sure if anything is small enough to be hidden behind the homemade tray with the wheels. The top box is a KR-533A, that marking was easy to spot.

I recently was able to get my grandpas toolbox. I know the top is a snapon, but not sure about the bottom box. Anyone have any ideas or can point me in the direction to find out? I’m not going to restore, I just want to know more about it. Thanks in advance!!

I think I'm borderline hoarder. haha. In all reality I do come from a family of hoarders, so I'm trying to break that mold.

I'm getting ready to sell my house. Which means I'm going to have to find a way to move EVERYTHING in my shop. I really need to go through and get rid of a bunch of things and get better organized before the move happens. What do you guys think is worth keeping or just tossing as I clean up? I'm...

Great find. Go checkout the vintage machinery.org. You should be able to find the original manual for that saw. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Check out the ikea website. They have a kitchen planner that you can design your kitchen in 3D. I bought all of our kitchen cabinets, countertops, and appliances from there.

My dad has taught me everything from how to be a good dad to how to use a hammer. I remember laying under the astro van they had at the time and him teaching me how to change the shocks. I'm lucky to still be able to call him and ask questions. I was able to learn a lot from his dad too before...

After I finish restoring my scroll saw I hope to learn to make pieces like that.

Welcome to the GJ from the Texas panhandle. I hope to be moving to the dfw area sometime in the near future. Still have a lot of family in the north Dallas area.

I've got ikea butcher block in my kitchen. I used a couple of cutoffs out in my garage. I love em. They're heavy and as durable as wood counters get.

Here's my addition. Just inherited these from my grandfathers shop. One is a 1/2 ton. The other is a 3 ton.

Luckily this was posted under tools since the title could be taken the complete wrong way. Sent from right here.