Recent content by vettescout

I have a Yost apart on the floor right now, had it for a while and it's waiting to get in the parts cleaner. I'm a computer ***** , however l'll get my son to take pictures and post them, it's a 16" version pattern makers vise and all the parts are there. It will be a day or two as he is out of...

I'm embarrassed, exactly what was asked, less than $50.00. I had no idea what is worth but what I'm learning is that they are crazy expensive. This one is all original, no missing parts, fully functional.

Found the vise at an estate sale and couldn't pass it up. I'm looking for any info on it with the idea of restoring it to it's original glory. There was a thread some time ago ago that had quiet a bit of info on pattern makers vises even a link to a restoration on a Yost vice but the link...

Where I'm located a licensed plumber had to pull a permit. Had an acquaintance pull the permit then inspect everything I did, City inspectors checked EVERYTHING, and everybody was happy. Saved a bunch of cash. I used black pipe and every joint was inspected, city was happy and so was I. Actually...

Is there any interest in trading used tools or is there an online site that offers this service? I know I have a bunch of good tools I bought for projects that are finished, duplicates etc. I find it difficult to determine a fair price for most of the GOOD junk I have and am always interested...

I have a miller dialarc 250 hf-p, that I bought new around '81, water cooled torch contemporary with welder, been great since I bought it. The old stuff will work for ever with proper maintenance. however I really lust for one of the new miller Dynasty 350's with all the bells and whistles...

The garage is 36x44, have a 18x20 room for my Bridgeport and lathe etc and another 18x20 that just general purpose work. The ceiling in the smaller rooms are 8' and I have four of the same fixtures in each of the small rooms. About figuring out the lighting requirements, I read an article in...

In one section (24x36, 10' ceiling) of my garage that is almost finished I put in 12 of the 8' (four 4' bulb 32 watt) T8 fixtures that I bought from Home Depot. The color and the light output is great!!! The fixtures are consumer grade, cost about $40.00 apiece, but I believe I definetly got the...

Man I love the feel of snap-on, have some, have alot of S-K, that said most of my junk is craftsman, and with that said I think the only tools I have ever broken were some Taiwanese junk that I don't even know where they came from. I just don't abuse stuff.If it's that tight go to 1/2 or even...

I have an Ingersol-Rand T-30 5 hp 3 phase 2 stage that I bought in 1983 that has given me absolutely nothing but admirable service. Many days it ran all day long sandblasting etc, can't complain about a thing!

I am in the process of completing a 1600 attached garage and my house also has a hydronic heating system but what I opted for was baseboard radiators in the garage. I bought 8' radiators from Johnstone supply for around $50 each and PEX tubing for the water supply which will be run through the...

check with some insulation contracters, I'm having my garage insulated in a week or two(1600 sq. ft. with mostly 10 ft ceilings,R19/30) estimates from 1400-1800 dollars, about the same as buying the junk and no itching!

I've got a Quadrant Plastics engineering handbook laying around someplace and I'll check to see what they recommend, won't be untill tomorrow though... Paul

If you go too fast you'll heat it up, thermal expansion coefficient of plastics generally much higher than metals, water is a good coolant, delrin has a machinability rating of 1, same as nylon 101 (easiest) Another thought, it's easy to machine and I think the chain will act like a dull endmill...

Got a 10" sliding compound hitachi, couldn't say enough about it ,all good, one of my buddies, a contracter, says it's better than his Bosch, I'm a big bosch fan myself, jig saw, hammer drill, circular saw, all great stuff, but you'd have go a long way to beat this hitachi... NO LASER, eye wash