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Scooped out as much as I could, then left it overnight in dish soap water, and the next day I ran hot water through it to melt some more out, and finally I sprayed it out with high pressure water. It was actually quite a bit of work.

I found this vintage grease gun at an estate sale last week. It was rusty and packed with old congealed grease. I put some work into restoring it and now it works perfectly.

I used to use gun oil to keep the rust off my tools, then I moved to mineral oil from the pharmacy because it's cheap and easy to find, and I've been happy with the results so far. But unscrewing the cap and pouring it out is a hassle, I'd like to find a good method of dispensing it. What do...

I've been looking for one of these for a long time, but used tool chests of any kind are rare where I am and usually really expensive, and it's even harder to find quality stuff. When I saw one come up for sale on FB an hour away from me, I jumped on it. Then on the way to pick it up, I happened...

For what it's worth, I'm in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area. I'm jealous of everyone who has lots of options to choose from; there really isn't a huge second-hand market here for anything interesting. And they usually want a ton of money if you do find what you're looking for. Sometimes I'll drive...

I'm moving, old house had a shed and I stored all of my tools on pegboard, new house has a garage so now I need a stylish toolchest to store all of my tools in. (Needs to have small drawers, because I tinker on things and have lots of small specialty hand tools.) These are the only two for...

Found this scale at a yardsale today. The seller said she rescued it from an old BF Goodrich plant that was being torn down, and that it was used for weighing trucks. I picked it up because I thought it had a cool look, and it was transportation related. It's rated for 140,000 lbs! Anybody...

I always find it funny when people get ruffled about sears warranty "abuse". It's impossible to abuse the sears warranty. It covers neglect, abuse, or if I look at the tool one day and decide it's ugly. Which is why sears sells tons and tons of tools. Better tools are out there, but a warranty...

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I have a stylus pro, love it, so if I won I'd give this one to my dad.

Sure.

Built this Christmas lamp thing for the wife last week:

Yikes. The sales people at my local sears seem friendly enough, but they're way too pushy. "No, I don't want a sears card... Yes, I'm sure that I don't want one." At this point, they should give up, but I usually have to say it a few more times. Still not as bad as radioshack though.

Happened to me too last week. I wanted to buy a toolbox that was half off only if you bought it online, but I wanted it shipped to the store to save shipping. I got a weird "your order was canceled" email later that afternoon. I called my local store and went through several people before I...

Plywood coloured on two walls. White vinyl siding coloured on the other two walls and ceiling. Floor is blue.