Recent content by SwamperAK

Just picked this kit up. Doing some research makes me think its 1950's or 60's. The cylinder is a 20 ton capacity, and the kit all told weighs well over 100 lbs. No pump came with it, but I have several hand and electric operated ones. Do any of you fellow collectors have an old Owatonna...

Thanks! I hate casters on workbenches. I'll move this thing around with my skid steer as needed. I think most people who build these heavy benches already have equipment or cranes to move them. The folks who lack the equipment are building much lighter tables. Unfortunately, drilling and...

Nice bench! I like the docking station for your mobile work table!

I might paint the C3 in the same dark grey. I thought about a lower shelf, but they just collect junk (at least for me). I will add some heavy gussets, and some feet to the bottom of the legs, but I'm not sure that it will break a ton!

Thanks! Yes, the C-series is about the best you can find for something that will get used and abused. This particular one spent a decade on the bumper of a service truck, before finally seizing from a lack of maintenance, and getting tossed! I was able to rescue it from the dumpster, and with a...

Finally built my new work bench/fab table. I picked up the plate as surplus a few years back, and finally had the time to turn it into a table. Here's some details: -1" thick 4x8 Hardox 500 top -6" pipe legs -5" channel sub frame -32" high -1600 lbs -Wilton C3 (another 200 lbs!) Still need to...

Yeah, tried that. Our company spends millions, literally, with our local Cat dealer every year, and they still said they can't warranty the tools.

I have been completely unable to warranty Cat branded tools. I'm told they need to be warrantied through a Snap On industrial line dealer, different than the regular snap on dealers, and far more scarce.

Wow, thanks for the great info!

...and have a couple questions. I've been unable to get the Collecting Snap On web page to work, but figured someone here might have the answers. It's the chrome set, not impacts, with sockets from 1-7/16 12pt up to 3-1/8 6pt, a sliding tee handle, a couple extensions, a couple adapters, and...

This.

I have a 1200 I picked up in a local auction for maybe $450. Worth every penny. Smooth, power to spare, very heavy duty. If you have any use for a drill press, that one is worth jumping through a couple hoops for.

Thanks for the help, guys. That answers my question. Now, do I want to drill into my hutch to hang it there?

Can anyone tell me, or better - post pictures! - of how the KRA276 puller cabinets attach to another box? I'm going to be filling in and completing a complete CJ2000 set, and am considering the wall cabinet. I would like to hang it from the back side of the hutch on an 84" Epiq, and don't know...