Recent content by zachgeo

I remember KPIG from when I would visit my sister in college at Cal Poly SLO back on the late '80s! Fun station.

Nice! I might look into that. I wonder if they still make those square grills?

Some fun stuff today from 3 estate and garage sales that were all within a mile of each other. Compact 5.5" Skilsaw 533 that needs a bit of TLC and a new power cord, but will probably replace my old underpowered NiCd batteried Ryobi from the '90s that I never particularly liked. The 1/2"...

Well, I found something new to do in my garage this morning. Every Monday my law firm has a firm-wide zoom meeting to go over pending matters and whatnot. I usually do these from home since my commute never guarantees getting to the office on time for it. But I'm having work done on the...

Not much of a haul this weekend - got to an estate sale just as they were announcing they'd be shutting down in 15 minutes, so I made a beeline for the garage. $3 later and I can saw away to my heart's content! I actually needed the jigsaw, having thrown out my old B&D plasticky one that was...

Ugh. I had something called De Quervain Syndrome in my left hand, which is similar to carpal tunnel. I avoided surgery and tried various exercises my doctor recommended, to no avail. Oddly, when I broke my left wrist picking pears (I don't want to talk about it :LOL:), by the time I recovered...

Changed the oil on the Alfa, somehow managing to keep the garage floor clean in the process. Gave myself a panic when I started the car and the oil warning light immediately came on and would not go off. Did I forget the drain plug? Leave the filter loose? After investigation (which involved...

I plan to clean it up a bit tonight and look more closely for markings. Kind of weird that something wouldn't have been stamped into it, given the age of it. Maybe there will be something on the inside when I open it.

Not many actual tools this weekend, just the oil can and the hand drill. But as it happens I'm a huge fan of everything Farberware, and this garage sale didn't disappoint. I have not found any manufacturer markings on the oil can yet, but the hand drill is labeled "DEFIANCE by Stanley." I have...

Good to know before I started looking for things to pry with it! That actually might be handy as I've been plagued with weeds since turning the soil and planting a long neglected part of my garden this past spring. I might see if I can find some tassels for it 😀.

Went a little crazy on slip joint pliers today, but they all felt so good in my hands! A "CeeTeeCo" which I think is an old Cresent line, a Lectrolite, and the last one I think says Bridgeport Line inside one of the handles. Couldn't resist the sparkly '60s-'70s handle of the True Temper pry bar...

Got home at 8:30 last night and my Socket Boss order from Ernst was waiting for me, so I stayed up past my bedtime organizing my motley collection of sockets and ratchets. Previously they were all just rattling around in this drawer in a state of loose semi-organization, along with two wrench...

I added a hardboard top to to the center of my OSB workbench, where I do most of my work. I noticed that the OSB was starting to show a bit of warpage there from working with solvents and other liquids - even had to add a few nails and hammer down the existing ones more to get it straight. I...

This is definitely a work in progress as I fix up this crowded old garage with limited wall space. I'm planning on expanding with more pegboard off to the sides for shorter tools. I need better plier holding solutions, and looking at pictures in this thread is helpful. Keeping wrenches and...

Random haul today from a very disorganized estate sale where all the people running it seemed openly hostile towards each other and inclined to complain to me about what a mess the sale was. Lots of good stuff there, but all the tools were buried under other junk. The 1/2" ratchet is a Snap-On...