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With western forge closing last year, it’s made me wonder who all they were the OEM for. I heard rumors that SK was still using WF tooling to make adjustables and with them just being sold to China it makes me wonder with a lot of government and union construction jobs only purchasing American...

With the extensive research on my reed thread, I figure it’s time to put together a Reedsman thread after seeing a lot of wrong information on the social media platforms. This will apply only to reed made craftsman’s from 1943 to 1948/49 There are no tool catalogs from 1943 or 1944 that I can...

Was at a swap meet this weekend and pickup up this 1981 Eagle made Stihl 2-1/2 gallon can to go with my Blitz made Stihl combo can. I've never seen this eagle one before in stihl branding. Are there any other oddball Stihl cans out there?

I’m looking for a couple 1940’s craftsman underline logo vises 5183 5” stationary 4 bolt mount. 5186 4” swivel base. Will pay good price depending on condition and pay shipping if not within a 4 hours driving. Also have many valuable vises I can trade, if you don’t want to sell. This...

This post was triggered by someone recommending a certain vise that was new over a larger, more robust machinist vise. I know everyone has their favorites.. What is the most over rated vise out there? My thoughts are the Wilton Tradesman. Where else can you get a 4" sized vise with 6.5"...

Got My own dedicated fab area at our new shop. the 1/4 steel work bench we had for the entire shop was always lacking.... Picked up two 35-1/2"x 32" 7/8" thick plates from the scrap yard for 110 bucks. they were side plates from an ancient elevator pulley. The top frame was built out of...

I haven't posted much lately with traveling so much for work. I've been wanting a skid steer for the longest time for off road fork lift duties, gravel drive building and maintenance, as well as some dirt work. My little kubota BX is an ok lawn mower, but it doesn't pick up much more than 500...

searched all over the inter webs and couldn't really find what Im wanting soo... Looking to make some kind of steel storage rack. I'm sick of keeping it out in the back shed and ending up with surface rust. Looking for ideas on racks to hold bulk steel tubing, channel, angle iron...

This is more of a public service announcement than a rant. In january or february I purchased 5 VP jugs for carrying fluids on my service truck. I used the cheap summit and Jegs brands for the last 10 years without issues. the plastic flippy vent caps always broke in cold weather and long...

The Office Reed R series Vise Date and timeline Thread. Post your Reed date stamps. After 2 and half years and 130+ reeds. I think its fair to say we have figured a few things out with the R series, as well as the A series and the older reeds. All reed vises will have dates on them. This...

I have a limited edition Ring Bros snap on KRL1022. very nice shape. was never used in a shop. sat in a storage unit for 3-4 years. liners are like new as well as all the slides and locks. 2900 with the Bed liner SS top or 2400 without the top. it is gloss black under the wrap if you...

Since I couldn’t find a tool box under 24” wide, and less than 12” deep. I made my own. This stahl bed was useless with one shelf per box. Used 1” square tubing 1/8” wall. Ordered 15 pairs of 150lb slides off of eBay and went to town. The 1” tube at the back bolts to the angle that was factory...

Since I couldn’t find a tool box under 24” wide, and less than 12” deep. I made my own. This stahl bed was useless with one shelf per box. Used 1” square tubing 1/8” wall. Ordered 15 pairs of 150lb slides off of eBay and went to town. The 1” tube at the back bolts to the angle that was factory...

so in my wheelings and dealings I've bought a ton of miss matched snap on stuff over the years. also bought a bunch of vidmar and lista cabinets to help with the shop reorginzation.. FFW to yesterday... i finally got around to mounting and painting my over head head cabinet and lista double...

so I got a new service truck. the compartments are stupid small and very shallow. In the last 4-5 service trucks I've had, Ive used cheap middle 3 or 4 drawer boxes in the the front and middle truck box. the new truck won't allow a 26" box. the one 24" box i found has 14" deep drawers...

like the title states, has anyone mounted a locker to a master series box that already has an add-on end cab? I know the epics are modular and be added on to infinitely. I have a 1022 with a hutch. Locker on the left, and the end cab on the right which resembles a 3 bank. I just scored...

Met a guy that dealt In old tools. Bought a c3 vise from him and also went shopping. Couldn’t pass this little guy up. Had no idea they brought the money they did (after research after purchase). Oh and the 20 dollar sk swivel head is new too. Seems like they were introduced in 1960. How long...

Got a killer year end deal in a box I didn’t really need. Heck the color I didn’t even like. 40% of msrp made me pull the trigger. KRL 1032 wide guy. It’s a 72” long box that is normally a three bank but the skinny side lower drawers were omitted for wider than usual lower drawers. Picked up...

I’m happier than a pig rolling in poop right about now. My father bought me this tool chest at an auction in the 80’s. The price was 50 bucks. It was loaded with old rusty vintage tools. The box was rusty red. Dad informed me he took money out of my savings to pay for it. I still have those...

After searching for days and coming up with 100's of posts with broken Photobucket links...let's put all the badass lista/vidmar type cabinets made into benches into one post. Doesn't have to be a start to finish build but just a couple pictures to give us some ideas. I've got one now, and 2...