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I've seen many nicely restored/painted vises here. So i thought I'd ask some questions before i start on mine. How do you do a neat job of painting the lettering in a contrasting color to the vise?:headscrat Is there a trick, or just a small brush? I'm planning on painting my vise in a...

Having recently moved back to Canada after spending the last 22 yrs in the BVI, I've had to start collecting tools. Here are some of my best yard sale, swapmeet finds. I had started another thread with a vise question, people wanted to see the vise, and it turned into a you **** thread, so i...

I recently bought a Chas Parker Vise. It has an unusual ( to me) feature in that it both swivels and rotates. Is this a common thing , and just new to me, or is it an uncommon vise?

Ran in to the snap on man in a parking lot the other day, asked for his card. Said I might want to get a torque wrench checked for calibration. He said well if it's not too old they can do it. Huh?? Too old??:dunno: Whats too old any one have an idea or familiar with this?

I've been seeing how popular these seem to be on here, and wondered what all the fuss was about. Well today I got one, now I get it. Nice piece.:beer:

Any one know of a source for files made for use on aluminum? I googled but not much luck. Thanks

From what I read here the snap on dual80,or S80s seem to be real popular here. What is it that makes them better/different to other Snappies? Thanks

I tried to post some replies in the classifieds. I get message says not allowed,may not have sufficient privilges, or admin may be blocking me. Any ideas??

I'm toying with the idea of bracing my car frame, with some tube crossmembers to stiffen it up. Does anyone know of a good cheap tube bender? Does the HF style ( with the vertical cylinder) work for tubing, and not flatten the tube? Thanks for any help.

I'm planing on removing the footwells in the rear seat area and welding in flat panels, for exhaust clearance. I'm not a welder, but will practice a bit before i attempt this, I have a 110v mig i just bought. My plan is to make new panels with a stepped flange, which will have holes drilled in...

Hiball Would you check your PMs please, or PM me. Thanks

I finally got the Mr Heater going today, and it was good. 45000btu propane. Only problem is they have not purged one tank before filling ,so it wouldn't light, but the other tank did. I hope to bleed off the air,and hopefully have some propane left. Thanks for all the help Just got to finish...

I hope to fire it up tomorrow 45,000btu. I don't see a ground screw, is there one? If need be i'll just drill the caseing and install one. Just seemed odd that there isn't one.

Got an question re above. I'm trying to get thing ready for winter here.One of the things i need to do is insulate my metal garage doors. I figured styrofoam, about 1.5 inches,cut to fit between door ribs, and use glue or expanding foam to hold it in place. I might cover that with some sort...

Is the T8 a different fixture than a standard flourescent light or is it just a different tube?

Anyone know what quality these are, I keep seeing wrenchs on ebay, and was wodering if they're any good?

I've seen pics of these. You squeeze the handle like pliers and the jaws open inside th piston so you can work the piston out. Any body know where I can get a set, or something else that does the job? The only ones I've seen are ebay, and all in the UK. They gotta be available here somewhere...

I see SO and Williams screw drivers advertised as same, are they? I have no idea. I'm talking about black hard handles.

I'm installing the 45000 mr heater unit with horizontal venting, in instructions it clearly states min 1" clearance on the double walled vent pipe, got that. BUT whats the clearance on that single walled elbow you need when coming out of the heater? I don't see that info. Also does there need...

I bought one of these and now need to hang it. I have a low shed roof, so need to allow for roof pitch. I was thinking of something along the line of track similar to that used in sliding barn doors, and different length allthread for hangers. Can anyone see a problem with this? Secondly , does...