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Re: what did you do in your garage today? Took apart and cleaned the carb on my Toro "Guaranteed to Start" mower, that absolutely WOULD NOT START. $2 in carb cleaner and 20 minutes time. Saved a bunch. 'course then I had to USE the darn thing...... zuk

I'm doing my pawnshop Kennedy upper right now. I started with the wire wheel on my grinder, but couldn't get into the corners or very well into the box. So I bought 5 gallons of vinegar and a big plastic tub and soaked the whole thing. Worked a treat! Paint comes right off. Rust comes...

I have 8 at the moment. 3 of them weigh less than 5 pounds, 2 are vacuum base for hobbies, and 2 are small 3 1/2" jaws for the garage. One good big old one at my shop. That's not counting machine vises. I think I have about 6 more of those. I keep looking for the big old iron, but bigcaddy...

"Someone else here is a GL addict!" I make side money buying and selling stuff so I always look :-) Most of the time it goes for too much on the Gov sites. I have 4 'local' sites I use every day. I wish I'd bid more on the other Lista they had. I lost out on a 7 drawer for ~$120. They've...

This thread has some pix and discussion: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158476 I use 5 gal buckets and a homemade rack built from scrap.... zuk

Congratulations! My first was 21" and that is LONG! She just kept coming! Lots of nice work in this thread, and nice work with the kids! Hope you can get some sleep, zuk

Ok, this wasn't a yard sale or even an estate sale, but it was an auction, and I'm pretty stoked about it. So, with no place else to post it: http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=5597949 My "new" Lista and worktop! zuk now I just have to do the day long round trip to pick it...

Weellll, "obsolete" in the same sense a 1968 car is obsolete. Some people can make it go faster than a modern one :D I used my parallel to draft for a loooonnnngg time past when I should have switched to the pc, but it was so much faster for me. And working C sized, didn't really work well...

Hey BigCaddy, welcome back! and awesome score. The second pic is from a drafting arm on a drafting table. You could change out the blades with different scales, etc. zuk link...

I can buy much better quality, and still save money by buying used. I've outfitted my shop this way. Starrett, Browne and Sharpe, but at yardsale prices. Thousands of dollars in quality name stationary tools for pennies on the dollar. The disadvantage to used is mainly availability when...