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Bought my Logan from George at Orion Machine in Muskegon, Mi. last spring. Small machines are hard to find in E.Tn., George helped me load it in the rental car!, included some nice tools, thanks George! Another great guy is Tom Lodari at Adrian Machine in Knoxville, Tom asked, "What do you know...

Hats off, great innovation and writeup as usual, Jack. Congrats on the new baby. My grandson was born 9/29/11. Hey, I was looking at an old Harley homade primary chain cover in Cyclemo's shop, and noticed that it was imprinted "Wearever" , well I guess broiling WOULD be better for you, Huh?

How many creeps do you have to render for a can of creep oil? If you lived in Tennessee, you would know that Nashville is the best source. Great stuff, by the way.

thanks Willy

Does any body have any info/parts sources for the Craftsman #103.22500 6" belt sander?

Does anybody on here have a screw/nut/handle for a Rock Island no. 194?

Lost, not much, loaned/stolen a bunch. Don't you love it when they bring back the pieces? " Obviously something wrong with this, or it wouldn'ta broke, I'd take this back, Bro." Don't get me started on money and family!

Don't forget Logan/Montgomery Wards, still in business in Harvard Il for spares. Quality /design on a par with South bend, I think.

Friend gave me an old Black and Decker Work Mate bench, $5.-25 yard sale,CL, around here. Modified with casters/subframe, plywood top,handy. Even use mine for a small sheetmetal brake sometimes.

Did it for 18 yrs. on a small scale, 9 trailer spaces, 2 low end houses. + 1 on the above advice No pets, No sob stories, don't rely on the courts. Worked OK when my wife had her own job, Involving her could be a problem, my my 2c. Used to say that tenants are 33.3 acceptable, 33.3 good, 33.3...

It seems that they got used to turn large nuts/fasteners in the past, especially Harley Davidson motorcycles, farm equipment, etc. (roadside repair,field fix?) Marked with a chisel, turned out with a duller chisel/drift,some of these guys hardly left a mark.

My good buddy Tarbaby fished on of the FJT style vises out of the scrap yard a few days ago. Badly used/abused, the outer jaw was broken completely off the thing, cracked, the back collar loose, everything beat, sawed, rusty. I thought I could fix it, started yesterday morning. by far the...

I'm 6'2" and nearsighted, so my benches are usually somewhat tall. I have been accused of building bars, not benches, though. Benches for work on harleys need to be anvil height, (wrist + hammer length).

Henrob torch, brass hammer (turned on Granddaddy's Southbend), Bink's #7,broadaxe and footadz.

Great admiration on your garage space, best/most creative on here that I've seen. In one of your earlier posts, you mentioned what I call, " thinking with a pencil". I find this to be one of my most useful habits. I grew up in a country store in East Tennessee, and one of the things my...