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I am a woodworker with minimal metal working skills. I am doing a project that needs a strong 90 degree joint and I want to try using an aluminum stand scavenged from an iMac. I have a propane torch, 4" metal vise, 30" woodworking end vise and some mallets/hammers/vise grips. What would be your...

I've only ever had a cheap 9" Ryobi bandsaw (since early 90's). I recently upgraded to a new proper cast-iron table and wheels 14" Grizzly G0555LX. I expected little to no vibration but it's got terrible vibration. It's bad enough to make it hard to follow a line. I have an incident open with...

I've used all the traditional razor and scissor techniques to strip the jacket off of cables. My aging hands don't have the strength and finesse they used to. I hate buying new hand tools these days because it dilutes my collection of made in USA stuff. Anyway, there seem to be two designs for...

As has been mentioned in the VISE REPAIR 101 thread by myself and others, the Littlestown vises were just basic inexpensive tools and known to have plenty of slop. My post in that thread about my restoration has the details. I found it cumbersome to find other Littlestown restorations in that...