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After searching endlessly for a new set of patio furniture, I could not settle for any that I liked that was in my price range. Almost everything was not made for long term durability or lack of maintenance. Finally I settled on building my own table out of aluminum and Ipe wood. A year later...

Ever since graduating from college I have been the proud owner of a free to me bench top Atlas drill press from the 40's or early 50's. I never figured out exactly what it was, but had it narrowed down to a model 62,63, or 64. I built many great projects with this drill press, routinely...

I was picking up a used Wissota grinder the other day and the gentleman also had a vise for sale for a price too good to pass up. I am not familiar with thew manufacturer, nor can I find any information about the vise or its manufacturer. Overall, it is a fairly nice vise. It does not quite...

Background: Yesterday I acquired a Blackhawk S-4 floor jack on Craigslist. All in all, it appears to be in working order and in quite great shape despite its age. For the most part, this restoration will focus on the mechanical aspects of the jack, as the final product will be one that I...

I recently found a nice condition Blackhawk S4 jack in a neighboring city and a had a few questions about it. How long is the jack with the handle in the downward position? I only have a car to transport it in at the moment. I can fold down my back seat and fit quite long objects in there...

I stumbled across an older Craftsman machinist vise a while back. Originally I did not know too much about it, but soon found some information. Here is an image of a 1960 Craftsman catalog that has the same vise in it. I am not sure how long they made this style for, but I would venture to...

Just like many others here, I feel the current design of jack stands tends to be quite frustrating in many applications, especially on uni-body vehicles. About a year ago I decided to finally retrofit my jack stands to make them much more user friendly. I started off with the standard harbor...

I was working on a cheep aluminum 1.5 ton jack and need some input about how to proceed with a problem that I encountered. Initially the lifting motion of the jack was directly coupled to the handle. When I pumped the handle, the jack would lift, but as the handle went back up, the jack would...

I have a need to cut quite a few small metric fasteners, mostly 3mm and have not found a great way to do it yet. I have a pair of wire stripper/bolt cutter pliers similar to the ones in the following picture. They work great for cutting small 4-40 threaded bolts to size without damaging the...