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Beautiful spaces and progress. Are any of your BSA's a Gold Star ?

Wow, thanks guys! I had never heard of Huot until just now, and it is made in Minnesota. Any guess to what year it is?

Vintage tool box ID? Can anyone help identify this vintage tool box please? I saved it from the dumpster yesterday (free) and want to clean, paint and put to use. It looks bad, but is fully functional. The original blue paint is covered in what I believe to be latex house paint. I did not see a...

I use 91 octane, ethanol free gasoline on all my vintage British motorcycles, which were designed for higher octane leaded gasoline (petrol). Ethanol, in small percentages, is fine with use in modern equipment. Ethanol can however swell older carburetor o-rings, gaskets and rubber parts, causing...

Most of it is mined in Northern Minnesota. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Range

But flames would add more horsepower, right?

Stihl.

If this the one is going for $450, I should buy it. https://rmn.craigslist.org/tls/4921656636.html

Three months with the HF 3 ton low pro and not a single problem.

Buy used US made sets on Ebay. Cheaper and better than the new ones.

4xdog, is that a US General tool?

Simple Green and/or soda blast works wonders for me.

Read Mister Moose's review of tool boxes.

Here is a tool box on Craigslist which makes me laugh: $500 for a used tool box. It is a 44" Harbor Freight US General, which sells for $390 NEW. It is tempting to ask the seller if he will take a 25% off HF coupon to get his used box down to $375, lol... As mentioned, patience, timing and...

I have been eyeing the new Craftsman 3/8" flex-head, bent handle ratchet for a couple of weeks. It is full polish, made in Taiwan, (Apex?) feels good and has decent reviews. I have been using regular flex head ratchets more and more lately and like them. At $31, I may just buy one.