Search results

My uncle passed away a few years ago and I've been helping my cousin clear out his house and garage, where he had stored a lot of tools and equipment from when he owned his own shop - from the early 1900's till they tore it down in early 70's to make way for a huge hotel/retail campus. My...

I've been cleaning out my late uncle's garage and found this tool. I have the "foot" too, just not in this pic. I learned that it's a tool used on the valves of a Model T, but I'm trying to understand how it was used, and for what exactly. These were flat head engines so I imagine it was...

My great grandfather left me his tool box, full of wood working tools from when he used to build homes between 1880 and 1940. I found this in the box and have no idea what it is or what it's used for, so calling on the collective wisdom of the board!

Vintage Floor Jacks and other shop Equipment I have a number of my uncle's shop things to sell, he and his father owned and ran an automotive repair shop from the turn of the century until the 1970's, when the city bought the property to build a large hotel complex on. I'm helping my cousin...

Edit: SOLD! 4/4/20 6" jaws, complete - heavy! This belonged to my uncle who had his own shop for many decades....from the early 1900's to the early 70's when his shop was torn down so a new hotel complex could be built. Anyone know about how old it might be, or what it's worth? It's in KC, Mo.

Found these in the bottom of my dad's old tool box, they seem too small and light to be hog ring pliers....approx 6" long overall and they have an odd small hook like thing on the end of one handle. I thought the plier ends might have been home modified, but when I look under the magnifying...

On my Facebook feed today.....caption follows: Robby Myhan This is wrench broaching. Notice the first 10 snap-on wrenches are in a perfect line. Next set of 10 craftsman are not. The next is Mac wrenches. Pretty good and Matco on the end not to good. what does broaching mean. It means that...

I have a number of these large cables and no wall space to hang them on, I also have drywalled ceilings so......Looking for a good way to store them - I don't use them often but when needed they're nice to have - but they are heavy! I guess I could coil them up in some 5 gal buckets or...

All I can see on it is a small "AB1" or "ABI" on it, anyone know who made it? I seem to have a set of these from god knows where.....the back side of the wrench says Made in USA, but no other brand markings that I can find.

I have a Generac that's rated at 7000 watts @ 120V, 12,250 surge......so that's just about 60 amps, 30 amps @240 V normal running, right? Should be more than enough to run my whole house I figured...... Here's my question.... It has several different places to plug into the main panel on the...

I need to replace both a 6" and 8" wheel on my two grinders and holy mackerel the prices are crazy - all the way from $5.99 at HF to over $300 at Sears. Anyone give a tip on a good value for not crazy money?

Another thread on GJ on a similar topic has me posting to ask a few questions of the IT guys on here, you guys seem to have real knowledge so here goes. I have an old laptop - 2003 vintage Compaq - that I'd like to use in the garage to surf the web and such. I had previously run every malware...

in this Craigslist ad, I have no association with the ad or seller, just saw a bunch of interesting Snap On tools I don't recognize.... http://kansascity.craigslist.org/tls/4341125854.html Check them out!

I have a piece about 3 ft long, 6" wide at the base and 6" tall, 3" wide across the top. It came with my tractor, the PO was using it as extra weight on the box blade. I thought I might make an anvil out of part of it, but after several years of it just riding around on the back of my tractor I...

Went to the local Home Depot last night to pick up a couple of fittings to hard plumb my air compressor to a hose reel I bought and about hit the floor when I saw how much they were charging for small fittings - I needed some 3/8 by 1/4 bushings, a couple of closes, and 1/4" ball valve and so on...

My garage floor is not in good shape, it's cracked and heaved in places and a long time ago it was painted. Most of the paint has worn off but about 30% is still there, in bits and strips. I want to remove this but I don't want to damage the smooth concrete underneath as parts of the floor are...

.....stuff or links in a thread? I do know how to use the search function, and I also know that Google is my friend, but..... I read a lot of threads on GJ - when I log in I go straight to the "New Posts" button and just start at the top - I don't read every one, but if it looks interesting or...

My garage is a standard 2 car with a longer end on one side, which gives me a great place to both park the cars and have a small area to work. As it's a split level house with the garages under the bedrooms ceiling height is just under 8 ft, so a regular lift is not in my future, but I've come...

I was eating breakfast and reading the local bird cage liner when the lights began to flicker a bit, then they were OK, then flicker again, till they finally went out. At first I thought it might just be the kitchen lights switch or something, then I noticed most of the other kitchen things were...

for only $399.......I'm going to go over to the local sam's and have a look at it to see how it's made. I have a really nice large SS box I bought years ago at Costco that I've been really happy with, if this thing is made as well it could find it's way home with me! It's only 20" deep, but I...