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Not a great picture but here it is. Not an expensive drill press even way back in the 70s when I bought it but it has done well for me. Came with a 3/4" chuck that had about 1/32 wobble in the end so I put a good 1/2' chuck in and the rest was good. I still get the big chuck out once in awhile...

Not a new idea for me. I did this with my bench drill press soon after I bought it 45+ years ago. The floor and bench drill press unit were identical except for the post and the size of the bottom plate (and price). I had a metal cabinet with drawers about 20"X30" that I mounted permanently on a...

Only a little over 200 miles for me. I agree great stores, I hit a Menards whenever I get a chance when we are up North. Maybe someday they will expand down here.

Can't believe all the people that need neat little square rags that need to be washed. I hit the local rummage sales on the last day when they sell clothes for $1/bag. I go in and pick clothes that feel like they would make good rags and stuff the sacks. It is fun because women will try and...

You use reverse gear less than 1% of the time so it is really not needed? I had one short bed pickup in the last 30+ years and loved how it drove, but it was worthless for many of the things I want a truck for. I stick to regular cabs with an 8 foot box, gives me about the same handling in a...

The biggest things I would change: I should have put in taller and wider doors, mine are 8'X8'. Higher ceilings (I'm about a foot shy of having the room for a lift, they were not a possibility when I built the shop 27 years ago). I have 4 deep bays, 12 foot wide, two are closed off for shop...

Guess I'm the odd one on the thread. Mine hang on the peg board in a special hanger I picked up somewhere that has different size loops, it holds all my 3/8 racket collection. Assorted other hangers hold the bigger and smaller ones. Tools I use all the time I like on the wall, the tool box is...

Well I thought I had found a place of like spirits but what's with this throwing perfectly good stuff out because you haven't needed it in a year ****. Yea real **** should be thrown out but if you are hanging out on this forum you must fix and build things. You need raw materials to do that...

A lot of you guys have bigger and fancier TV systems in your garage than I have in my living room. I have 16" B&W on a high shelf that will be on the curb after the digital switch over, since a converter box would be a wast on it. I seldom use it anyway and usually just turn on my yard sale...

I have painted a lot of pegboard and a few holes have clogged but I guess I was lucky. The few that have clogged I just drill out if I need them. Jeb

I made up a template for a page of cards and print them on my home printer on card stock. If you want slightly fancier you can get slightly textured off white card stock. I even have a reduced contrast images as the background that shows off some of my hobby. Doing it this way I can print up...

A friend installed a Sanyo version of these in his house. This is the first Winter so the data is still coming in, but so far he is happy. He was still getting a 45 degree differential from outside at 20 degrees when he switched over to his boiler. So far it has been significantly cheaper to...

I use the HF red/white box gloves for quick jobs. The first box were a bit small but worked. After they were open for awhile and I hadn't used them, the ones on top were very easy to rip. I threw away a bunch of them and now keep them in a big ziplock bag. I also bought a bigger size that...

I'm East of Rochester. Never know how to describe where I'm at, If I say Western NY they think West of Buffalo. We are North of Finger Lakes Region. So I just say Upstate, so people know I'm not in NYC or Long Island. Jeb

I bought one of these a couple of years ago and the plunger mechanism to load grease was missing. I returned it and the clerk and I looked at all of them on the shelf and none had the part was missing on all of them. I assume the current ones are complete if it passed. Jeb

My son got me this set for Christmas. So far I love them. The drill has the normal Makita adjustable torque etc and works great for small hardware. I put metal shelving together with 1/4-20 hardware, for two afternoons with it. Light weight and plenty of power. The impact driver has lots of...

It is a poor substitute but my nightly visit to eBay and Craig's list keeps the shakes down. It helps a little that I take in the full week at Hershey in October and walk my legs off for 5 days as my finally for the season. Jeb

A friend has these and before he used them the first time rebuild the wheels to add good sealed bearings and now they are great according to him. Jeb

Partial failure. The 3-1/2" LED Flashlights, 2 Pack. One works fine is bright for a cheap small LED flashlight. The other one was intermitten out of the package and failed shortly after. I initial thought it was just a battery connection but I believe now it is a failure on the LED board...

I saw on a different forum a year or so ago a fellow that had a loft along the back of his shop. He had it setup so he could load his pickup with what he wanted in the loft, back onto the lift and lift it up. He had the hight such that he could roll stuff off the back of his pickup right into...