Search results

Years ago an addition was made to the back of my building and the waste lines for the new structure were tied in via an old cleanout. The cleanout originally consisted of a cast iron sanitary tee (1.25") with a threaded plug. The elbow portion connects to a sink in the original structure. They...

Have all the small local independent structural engineers retired? I am looking for a Structural Engineer for a project in the City of La Verne (East Los Angeles County). The project is small. I need someone to do calculations for a shop ridge beam. The structure is approximately 550 sf and my...

All right. I think my dad takes pleasure in trying to stump me. This last trip he brought back 4 tools, I figured out three. A early Goodell Brothers spiral screwdriver. A Heller auto body tool A Starrett WOOD scraper And this thing: The only identifying marks are as shown. LA-City-RP...

I am good with single phase electrical but a relative novice with motors. I would like to get this right the first time. Can someone with experience please confirm my understanding of this tag. If I am reading it right, for 110v operation, I would connect A & B to Line, and C & D to neutral...

This summer my dad and I are finally going to build a small garage / shop building. Nothing spectacular but a nice space to complete some projects that have been on hold for years. (More details later.) The shop will be used for automotive, woodworking and metal working. I don't foresee CNC...

It is with thanks to those who have posted solutions previously, that I now share with you my own design. In all seriousness, inspired by some of the other solutions I've seen here, I took a look to see what I had available and this is what I came up with. It's simple and worked surprisingly...

Last weekend I 'inadvertantly' purchased a 3 phase Unisaw. Three phase or not the deal was too good to pass up. I have no access to 3 phase power. No way to test the saw. This lead me to do some research into phase converters. I should start out by saying I know just a little bit more than...

Thought you guy might enjoy this one. I've never seen anything like it. http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/tls/4924237857.html

So what is the final word? Does the vintage / style matter? I have read a number of threads with different suggestions and different results. Ordinarily I would have attacked this with Simple Green (thanks Outlaw) but I also read that Simple Green may damage the Walker-Turner badges. This one is...

Over the weekend I acquired a Vari-Slo assembly for a 1952 Model 100 Craftsman drillpress. It is missing three parts, two of which are fairly simple to replace but the third is the clamping pad. I see some folks have simply replaced it with a bolt with a longer thread, but the head casting is...

Two weeks ago I acquired a Kastar offset feeler gauge. It is a pretty cool little tool but between the grime and a bit of rust I can only read the gauge on a couple of the 'fingers'. I tried soaking it overnight in vinegar and while I hesitate to say I made it worse, it didn't improve the...

I regularly check Craigslist but have been suffering a bit of a dry spell, nothing much of interest and the few things I have seen, I haven't gotten a response on. This week seems to have made up for that a bit. Here goes: Buy #1 ($75 Bulk Buy) English made planes and scrapers, German flush...

Maybe some of you with more experience can help with this. I acquired this motor last week. It's not a familiar brand (Ren Yih, model year 1988, Taiwan made) but as it's 2hp, I figure it might be worth hanging on to. The wiring in the photos is as I received it. It was not wired to a switch...

Thursday I acquired a free table saw. From the photo I couldn't tell what I was looking at, but the original cabinet hidden within piqued my interest. Add to that I was looking for a 'temporary' saw that I could leave onsite for a project I have been working on. Requisite Image Follows: The...

My latest collection of mystery tools. Any idea what these are? Sorry the lighting wasn't the best. The first one here is identified as Proto 6603 but I haven't turned up any information on it and don't have an old Proto catalog. It is just under six inches long. This next one I am guessing...

Two weeks ago I answered a craigslist ad for a Logan metal lathe. The seller was selling off his father's tools and was just days away from turning over the house to a new owner. He was clearly in over his head, having had no interest in tools himself. Long story short, I ended up going back to...

Alright Plumb collectors, what do you think, is this a Plumb? The only cast mark I can see is the 'O' on the back of the handle and the only clue to it's history is where someone marked it 'USN A+R' (US Navy Assembly & Repair) beneath the layers of olive green and yellow paint. It is a 3/8"...

A $10 Toolbox. :eyecrazy: Periodically one of you guys will mention that you bought a toolbox and it came with some 'unadvertised' stuff inside. It was you that I was thinking of when I saw this ad over the weekend: Looked interesting, so I decided to give it a go. My dad was looking for a...

Well, we seem to be doing pretty well with these tonight so here's mine. My dad picked this up a couple weeks ago at the swapmeet. I have only been able to find one other and it was on eBay. The seller didn't seem to know anything about it either. Any thoughts? I'm thinking 1930's or earlier...

Hey guys, This weekend I have to do an semi-emergency gas line repair. A crew (not mine) with a backhoe got a little too close and left me with a pinched water line and a gas line with a slow leak. They repaired the water line (more or less) but that was it. :willy_nil Replacing the water...