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    my wife says cheapskake horder i call it resourceful and thrifty

    There's nothing wrong with being cheap. No need to let things go to the dump if you see a purpose for them. Almost everything i have in my shop except the tool box and one welder is saved from a dumpster, or from a salvage yard.
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    Build Thread: Budget Mid Century Garage #1 Build

    I've cleaned alot of rust metal with a twisted wire brush on an angle grinder to include a few frames. You'll make a mess but can bare metal pretty quickly.
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    welder problem

    Did you change anything when it started wirking again? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk
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    Why Metal Portable Toolbox over Plastic, or a Toolbag?

    To me it would depend on end use, how durable apossed to being organized. The Army switched over to plastic Kipper tool boxes. Drawers with foam for each piece. http://www.offshore-technology.com/contractors/tools-and-workshop-equipment/kippertool/attachment/kippertool1/ They ended up being...
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Should call him back and see if you can recover it from the yard he scrapped it at. Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Could mould some in HDPE from your recycle bin. Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
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    Trying to fix up my vise

    Thanks, I'll see what I can find. Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
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    Trying to fix up my vise

    Thank you Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
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    Trying to fix up my vise

    Lately I'm not looking for efficient or fast. I'm enjoying learning, experimenting, practicing skills/ entertainment. I will see if I can get time on the press, probably end up flipping the tube. There appears to be about .25" + around the screw/nut assembly to beef it up. Anyone in the...
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    Trying to fix up my vise

    Thanks, I'm on my phone. I can't navigate very well on the app Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
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    Trying to fix up my vise

    I'd considered that. I don't have a press to pop it out, I have limited access to one though. If a couple hour fix would work that's what I was looking for. If its bound to tweak again after fixing it I'll do the quick fix. Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
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    Trying to fix up my vise

    Trying to spruce this old vise up. Thought it was going to be easy paint and bolt it down. When I putting it back together I notice the jaws aren't lining backup. I've seen there are some guys on here that are pretty knowledgeable on vises. It may have been over tighted or dropped and tweaked...
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    Question about woodcarving chisels

    Not in short term, the collar is there to keep handle from splitting. That type will split over time without the collar.
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    How many of you roll your tool boxes around?

    I wouldn't trust a plastic handle for long. My craftsman has a bent tubing handle that I like. The wheels on the other hand concern me every time I move it, flexing like they're about to tear out.
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    Learn how to weld/fabricate

    I took a high metal shop class and I was decent on the farm with stick welder. Fast forward ten years I picked up a mig after minimal welding, never operated one thinking same same. I made a mess even after reading up on setup and technic. Ten minutes with a guy willing to show me how, I made a...
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