Recent content by ToolUsingAnimal

Can't help but brag - this showed up on the porch today: <a href="http://s802.photobucket.com/user/toolusinganimal/media/KIMG0032.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/toolusinganimal/KIMG0032.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo KIMG0032.jpg"/></a> Inside, the...

I've got a Kreg K4 kit, but I wish I had the vacuum attachment and clamp. I use it for just about everything now. Pocket holes and glue make a joint that really holds up. My first big project is this bookcase, which I'll probably get around to staining this weekend. Ignore the uneven top, it...

I bought this ratchet for $5 over the weekend, and I couldn't wait to show and tell :beer:. When I first picked it up, I thought "What the hell's a Raftsman?" Dummy :lol_hitti. I had to have it! The front: I opened it up when I got it home. The grease didn't age well. The head was...

Jason; No, the cistern is still a mystery. I'll have to do more work over there before long, though, so I'll look into it then. Thanks for looking! If I can help with your tools, let me know. I got the bearings in, and they dropped right into the ram. I tightened the rings down on them...

Thanks, everyone. I haven't been idle :beer: I took the spindle apart and it turns out that I need new bearings. Not at all because I crushed one of them getting it out :mad:. It turns out that they aren't press-in, there's a threaded retaining ring that holds each of them in. Turn that...

Here's my order: Long and short funnel (VERY nice!), 12" Wilde pry bar that I've already gotten the chance to abuse, 3/8 Wright ratchet from the sale section (needs oil, but it's very nicely made), free pliers :D, thread file, nail setter, large, medium, and small Grace handles, a bunch of...

daus300b: Hey, drill press brother :thumbup:. I'm a mechanical guy, so most of the time I remove the paint by mechanical means: These, and the wire wheel on my bench grinder, have been my bread and butter in this project. I figure any paint that survives that is tough enough to stay there...

Darnit, I was keeping it under $100 until I saw those drills. Oh well :D. Happy 4th!

Odis, that's a good idea! You also reminded me of something. I lost the pictures I took of the finished plane before I posted them, but I had coated the handles with paste wax like Shoottx recommended and reassembled everything. To make it really slick, I also coated the sole with paste wax...

I'm in - add RI to the list :thumbup:

There it is, in black and white: Thanks ODIS and spongerich!

The fun part - Reassembly! If you look close... I scraped and sanded the excess paint off half of the base. Sanding very lightly left a nice finish. Cleaned up... I coated the bare metal, including the column, with nu-finish. I guess that officially makes me a tool polisher :D...

+1 again for the HF box. I have one, it holds all the tools I need and it's pretty sturdy. I was looking for workbenches the other day for work, and I noticed that Global Industrial has their own brand of sliding-top tool cart, very reasonably priced. I don't know much about it, but the...

Well, at least I've done something in the last two weeks. Never as much as I intend to, though. I painted the base, top and bottom. I'm going to clean the paint off the top surface and try a coat of nu-finish to help keep the rust off for a while. I really like the way this paint is coming...

Kevin54 and HSpencer; I avoided that question on purpose, sorry about that :o. There are few enough of that type of building in the city that if I said what it was, it would be easy to find me. Sadly it's not one of the old textile factories around here. I love those old buildings, and it...