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I recently flat blacked a friends honda del sol in exchange for a snap on bra5dv30vp air compressor. The guy takes really good care of his tools so I never checked the oil in the compressor until today. I had noticed small amounts of oil around the vent hole on the dip stick tube. When I checked...

My worst tool fail was once after I painted a car I wet sanded the clear with with 1500 to buff the car. The speed adjuster switch on my makita buffer burned out and I had to buy a cheap buffer to finish the car I had just started to buff. Goes to show you even good tools break sometimes. I got...

Finally got the vise barrel all cleaned up greased and back together. It works like a dream now. I can spin it all the way open and all the way shut now with 1 finger. The only numbers I saw on guide key on the bottom was the number 11 stamped. This vise looks a lot more used than one should...

Back in the 1980s when I first started building a nice tool set I had a account with Mac tools and snap on. The tool trucks came around every week. I had a big sticker on my tool box that said "DO NOT ASK TO BORROW MY TOOLS". I have never loaned my tools to anyone and have never borrowed tools...

Very nice.

I will do that. I need to get some simple green anyway to clean seats I am going to dye.

I will check tomorrow

Thanks for all the help in the responses. I took the vise apart and used a wire wheel on the shaft. It cleaned up nicely.Has a couple of scars on the top but I don't think they will effect anything. There was some moisture inside the hollowed part the shaft fits into. I sprayed some PB Blaster...

I would like to start by saying hello as this is my first post. From what I have seen this is a really great site. I was referred to this site by a fellow member at nastyz28.com which is a second generation camaro owners website. A buddy of mine recently gave me a wilton vise. He had been...