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I was extension cord shopping the other day and I was surprised to see at Home Depot that the 50' 14ga Husky is made in the USA, the 25' and 100' Husky cords were made in the Phillipines and the Task Force 16ga and I believe Ridgid branded 12ga cords were all Chinese. Pretty goofy, to my mind.

For what it's worth, Google translate does a pretty good job of giving you ballpark pronunciations. That's how I learned to say Kneitinger!

Jesus, I hope for the buyer's sake it was an American Scale and not a Columbian 508, it'd be a real bummer to pay for what you thought was a giant vise only to find out that a strong boy could lift it.

You know, after staring at it a while longer I think it might be an American Scale Co vise. Which of course would have been obvious from the listing anywhere outside of Garage Journal and the fanatical "COO" discussions, since he refers to it as an "American." If that's the case, it's a much...

The flat jaw tops, thin base, and heavy "eyebrow" say Columbian 508 to me. If that's the case, not only does it not require a forklift to move, it doesn't even require two people. An old Columbian 8" vise is closer to 300 lbs than not, that one is only a little more than half that. Would any...

Do any of the parts move in relation to each other? What sort of group of tools was it in? Since no one else is weighing in, I will venture a WAG and say that the shape suggests bow drill to me. Of course, if the end opposite the bit doesn't spin freely or the grooved portion doesn't ratchet...

It looks like the jaws are there in the first picture. Personally, I think milling the jaw channels off would be a terrible waste.

A good quality file is never garbage. Sharp files get used for metal, dull files for wood, and duller files become scrapers, gravers, knives, whatever. It's worth mentioning that it's possible to "sharpen" files with acid. I have dozens of files in different shapes, sizes and cut patterns and...

I'm really confused by the multiple suggestions that the OP replace his disgusting acetate handles with a new and equally disgusting set of drivers with acetate handles. rcsec, the foul odor is due to the material from which the handle is made, not the manufacturer or the COO, so keep that in...

Re: Japaneese Screw drivers I think the manufacturer on those is Anex, as are the ones from Garrett Wade I thought about ordering some of those myself and I probably will eventually. I positively covet the Nepros woodies though, they just don't offer what I want as a set.

If you wear the etching off you will be through the chrome anyway. I don't know where the idea that you can engrave a tool without damaging the chrome came from, but chrome plating can be reasonably measured in millionths of an inch. This came up recently in the thread about removing owner's...

Fishers ARE cast, actually, the body anyway the face is tool steel. I've never used one, though I've examined several, the hybrid construction is supposed to give a good compromise between rebound and sound dampening.

Small ones can be put on a trapezoidal plywood box filled with sand. Laminated 2x10s will work for a larger one, but it's a lot more work/expense than a stump. You can can build a steel base, but I'm not a fan. What size it is and what you plan to do with it make the biggest difference in how...

I can't believe someone was going to scrap that beauty! You need Hammer1963 to chime in with advice, body hammers are his thing. Oddly enough, I think he and I both live in Louisville, which is probably why I can never find any good body hammers at the flea market.

I have a couple of small suggestions if you don't mind a critique. The sentence at the beginning of "RHNSFT," while technically true doesn't make a lot of sense as a but statement. Also, spanner wrench is only incorrect in the sense that it's redundant, like saying "wrench wrench" the...

Because no one else has mentioned it yet, for an "invisible" repair for the arc of shame on your table, you can drill the holes to uniform sizes, tap, insert a cast iron plug and grind flush. This is obviously pretty labour intensive, and it won't add much by way of structural soundness unless...

A post vise with all of its parts in a normal size is worth a dollar a pound in most of the US. This doesn't change appreciably with a "clean-up," in my experience, probably because most blacksmiths are the self-reliant type. For post vises with 7" and larger jaws or heavier than 120 pounds...

Sounds good to me!

Nice setup! If you ever need help moving something heavy send me a PM, I'm in Valley Station. It would be cool to hang out with someone who "gets it" in real life. Besides which, I can put a face to the competition when I miss out on a craigslist deal. Also, if you were serious about this...

Bump. Thanks for the reply, lilredex. I think getting a brush to the interior of the box might be tricky but then getting a good coat in there from a spray can would likely be just as hard. Can anyone help with sticker photos?