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Started this thread about my 'new" drill press in the Tools section a couple of weeks ago, but it took on a new life, so I thought I'd put it here. The goal is to produce a drill press cabinet for a floor model Delta Rockwell 15-665 drill press (mid-60s). The cabinet parts would come from a...

I began another thread on this topic asking about the color of this D-R drill press. Model and serial number put it in the mid-60s, was probably used in an old National Cash Register factory, which could be why it was painted tan. No rust to speak of, runs like silk, moderate arc of shame, needs...

I just purchased at auction a Delta-Rockwell 15-665 drill press, probably from the mid 60s. It is tan -- ugly tan color. (Yes, pics to follow, right now it is in my truck.) I looked but could find no such color for a D-R tool. But the place I bought it from is a final remnant business of the old...

Looking for thoughts on stylistic, creative, or multi-use bollards to protect the corners of the garage door openings. It would be easy enough to sink a 6 x 6 wood post or metal pipe, and even top if off with a light. The internet has plenty of ideas of bollards looking like lighthouses and mini...

Hi all: 20 feet up in the center ridge of my garage sits 3 HID high bays, and all the fixtures are filled with dead bugs. Cleaning them is major and dangerous undertaking. At some point they will be replaced with LEDs, but I am curious if there are some fixture features that are more bug-proof...

This Delta DP 220 table top drill press popped up on CL for $75 and my internet searching of a cost-benefit ratio shows all over the place. Probably from the 1940s/50s. I have no idea of condition, but does not look pristine. 4 speed, 1/3 hp motor. The seller says no table, only the base. Not...

Hi all: I am wondering the lighting effectiveness of installing fixtures that have different lumen outputs. Here is the situation. My 32 x 42 garage has a vaulted ceiling, about 20' at the ridge peak and 14' sidewalls. If three rows of lights were installed, the outside rows would be at about...

This is an update on a motion detector problem; the original problem was outlined in the now lost threads. Anyway, after wiring the garage the only thing that did not work was the outside barn lights wired to a motion sensor, like this: power>>switch>>sensor>>lights. It was recommended to...

About 2 years ago I picked up this cabinet via an auction, only to find that it was a DuAll cabinet built purposefully to store DuAll bandsaw items, especially blades. The cool factor is high, but I really could not make it work efficiently in the garage. So, I offered to my wife that it could...

Hi folks: I know this has been asked in a number of different ways, but frankly they are talking Greek to me. I am out of my element here. Anyway, I am now teaching remotely from my tiny bedroom corner computer set up, but I'd like to do it from my shop. I think I could do some cool things to...

Curious about battery run time. . .I'm thinking I am running out of juice too quickly. The tool is a Makita LXT brushless reciprocating saw, 18V, two years old. I'm cutting buckthorn tree stumps at ground level, stumps from 1-5 " thick. Each cut averages about 5 seconds. From start to battery...

Somewhere this may have been discussed, but I cannot find any thorough discussion of the benefits or disadvantages of a fully integrated LED luminaire versus a fixture with replaceable LED tubes/bulbs. Considering a blank slate, that is, no old florescent tube fixtures to retrofit with LED...

]Okay, folks, is it an anvil, and what is it made for? (corrected question) Also, where is it located? (click on it to enlarge)

Okay, ambiguous topic, but let's hear what are one or two tools that you think need to be invented or modified as solutions, or better solutions, to a tool or repair problem? Or "tool-related" solution. And no humorous tools to fix the spouse. . . Example (with the understanding that something...

Hi all; Putting the new zero turn away for the winter with the usual maintenance. Cleaned it up, Stabil, oil change/filter, and greased it (with new Alemite grease gun!), and then went to place oil in all the little friction spots as recommended in the user's manual. Problem is, most are hard to...

Hi all; I could use some thoughts on how to use this wall case in the garage. I just won it at auction ($2.08), it is 8' x 4' x 6". I just built a tool storage cabinet this summer that opens up to 8' wide (two bifold doors open up 2' on either side), so I have no immediate need for hand tool...

Bought myself a new Makita 18V cordless set for my Christmas present, and this summer I am giving it a workout. Been cutting plywood sheets with the circular saw, that is, until I dropped the saw and bent some of the parts holding the base plate square and the adjustment guides are also wonky...

Thought yawl might appreciate -- or co-miserate -- my screwdriver woes. In a nutshell. . .. Thought I'd treat myself to a new screwdriver set, my Craftsman Professional from 15 years ago were getting' on in age and missing a few, and the rest of the drivers from who-knows-where and beat. Of...

These linear high bays claim to be linkable by wiring directly end to end. A video shows them butting together. Not sure what the direct end to end would be, unless standard Romex. If they are not literally touching end to end, would the Romex need to be in conduit? I'd like something like...

Hi all; Looking to buy my first floor jack. it will be used on my kid's cars (low slung compacts) and my E350 van. Tired of scissor jacks, and ramps that are too steep. Anyway, you get the picture. Will be used to change tires, but mostly, to raise up the front or back of the vehicle for better...