Recent content by Skysurfer

If anyone is interested I'll take $15 for the pair plus shipping. pm me. Edit: They are spoken for.

Thanks guys, I knew the jumbo brains at GJ would know these things. Probably a tough sell at my upcoming garage sale but "Speed Indicator" sounds way more cool than "Mystery Spinner Thingy".

Going through my brother-in-law's estate I've run into everything from HF junk to a Craftsman C series ratchet and socket set. Something I don't recognize are these two Starrett tools. The longer one is about 12" and the shorter one is 5". They have rubber tips attached and if you remove them...

That turned out really nice. Lots of chips with the cold cut saws, I had one of those magnetic business signs for cars laying around and put it upside down near the blade. It catches nearly all of the chips which can then be vacuumed up. Easier than having them fly all over the equipment and floor.

The guy at my local Sears rebuilds them right there on the sales counter while you wait. The kit for the rebuild is free, but I wanted some extras because they are being discontinued. I don't know what they're going for on Ebay but kits for any size ratchet can be purchased directly from Sears...

Just wanted to add a final footnote to this thread, the vise was sold for $200.

My blast cabinet had a homemade dust trap made from an oil can that started to leak so I cut the rusty bottom off and added the Dust Deputy after reading many reviews. This should greatly reduce the amount of filter cleaning since the DD claims to deposit 99% of vacuumed debris into the 5 gallon...

Added on a second story to the shop vac.

Too many posts in this thread that I would like to respond to so I'll just post some of my experiences. The "Chinese junk" does not include my HF 60 gallon compressor which works very well. My HF 8" bench grinder has been working perfectly for 26 years. I bought a set of Hanson tap & dies from...

I tried crushed walnuts at 120 psi and it wasn't getting the job done. Switched to glass beads and even that took longer than my back cared for. Kinda funny, I expected to get called out for the non oem swivel clamp. Oh well, I may have blown my chances at the vise Concours d'Elegance but the...

Why?

My first one was from Costco, 1800 psi with a Honda engine. Worked ok for a couple of years then started losing pressure. Turns out the no-name pump was not serviceable and a new one was more than I paid for the whole machine. Gave the engine to a neighborhood kid and tossed the rest in the...

No no no, not painted. It's wiped down with Molykote, a dry molybdenum disulfide powder that gives it that look. I use it on anything that needs to move without attracting dirt.

Just wanted to post a couple of pics after the cleanup. Thanks to Kevin at WiltonViseParts for the swivel clamp and the folks at Viseparts(dot)com for the jaw insert screws. Not sure if I'm going to keep it or sell it. Might put it on Craigslist and see if I get any nibbles but I'm not current...

20" Patton fan with mcmillan motor - $2.00 Rigid 18" pipe wrench - $1.50 Lufkin HW100 steel tape - $1.00