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I have a chance to pick up a Clausing Variable speed drill press with a beat motor for 400 bucks. Anyone have experience on these drill presses? Are they worth putting a new motor on?

Picked up some German made pliers and was curious if anyone was familiar or had any info. Largest of the 3 appears to have stamped "Steelcraft BRIT ZONE" Smallest appears to say "Germany & Davidson" it is in bad shape though, looks like someone took it to a grinder. The middle sized plier is...

I have an air system that Is 100' of 1" pipe and An 80 gallon tank.. What is a reasonable amount of air loss? I'm losing about 15PSI per day if the system is left untouched. This is not enough flow to detect easily. What would you do? Is it worth digging into?

Recently picked up some tools at a thrift store but I've never seen these before. Have you? Some appear to be German made so that could be why. 1st up is some "Smalcalda" snap ring pliers, seem to be very nice 2nd is a Standard Crecent Adjustable but with a feature I've never seen before. Some...

I dumpster dived what I think to be "Link Belt" but it is a style I've never seen before. Does anyone have any experience with Fenner Manheim Veelos V-Belt with metal rivets? Is this something that can be used just like a normal Link Belt, like Accu brand or HFT? I have 2 sizes in 100' lengths...

I have a few old power tools with what I am calling a "Brass Vent Plug". I would like to get some replacements on a refurb I am doing but am not having much luck even finding reference on these. I have some pictures attached for reference.Does anyone know where to get these or a possible modern...

Recently installed an aftercooler on my Quincy QT-5. Used a 3/4" Hayden aftercooler and 1" flex lines I picked up for cheap. Water separator was the cheapest I could find for 1" lines but seems to work well. Mounting wasn't ideal but I wanted to maintain a downhill route until it hit the...

Anyone have any experience with Stewmac Buffer Arbors? I picked up a 27" model with 3/4" shaft and I don't use or have a guitar. I would like to use this as a shop buffer or maybe even for scotch brite discs or wire wheels. Is there any reason not to use wire wheels or light abrasives on a...

I picked up some torch accessories today but 1 in particular I can't find any info on. It is a Bernzomatic propane torch with a lever on it. Also there is an acetylene torch that is all brass which is quite nice but no makers mark. Has anyone run into these before? Are they anything that...

I have been looking into bench grinder arbor adapters and wheels and realized there are wheels (fiber wheels mostly) that have upwards of 4" arbor holes. I myself have a fiber wheel with a 3" arbor hole which started my search for adapters/bushings. Is there any rhyme or reason to these larger...

Anyone have any experience or input on whether you should mount a bench grinder to the wall oriented horizontally? effectively the button or switch would be on the bottom and you'd have to do remove guards but maybe a good way to save bench space.

Anyone have any experience with THB branded pneumatic accessories? For example a water separator? I recently picked up a 1" npt water separator from them (See link) and it seems pretty sturdy but for the price there are some other options. Let me know your experience if you have used them or...

I recently picked up this Milwaukee P-103R / Lupear Tool Products B2 magnetic drill press. It works but needs a good cleanup. The problem I am having is finding ANY INFO on this thing. Apparently google doesn't know much especially for Lupear Tool Products. It appears maybe they were a 3rd...

I ran into this old screw press and I'm debating on whether I should turn it into an actual shop press. The thing is pretty big and from what I can find it was originally for pressing electric motors. They want $125 for it and TBH I think it may be a good shop press but I'm not sure whether to...

I am replacing my parts washer pump, original pump is not putting out much flow now that I have a filter in line. At the moment I am considering ANY of the little giant pumps for solvent, but particularly the 1-YS in 120v. Little giant pumps...

I'm installing 1" Pex-AL for my shop air system. Stuff is a pain to get straight so I made a tubing straightener. You can buy some similar tools but often they are too small and expensive. This design is pretty simple, and inexpensive. Other than the vise I'm all in at about $35-$40. The picture...

I have cordless grease gun, its great. but I have an issue that I can't find a solution to. How do you change the grease cartridge in a grease gun if the grease tube is still full or half full?? For example, lets say I have some EP grease or purpose specific grease in the gun, and I want to use...

Has anyone used the website Armyfocus.shop ?? Recently came across this site, prices seem very good but shipping is $20. And the site seems a little bogus. But I've bought from worse. Let me know your thoughts or experience's , and proceed with caution For example, see link below...

Picked up some Carlyle Tools at Napa. Looks like a good deal Pliers Wrench $23 (Appears to be made by Fujiya which goes for $55 on Amazon) https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/CHQPW10?impressionRank=1&keywordInput=cht+pw10 Some other goodies too, they have carbide gasket scrapers for decent price...

I found a deal on a dewalt hammer drill dust extractor posted on SD for $90 @ Toolup I compared prices on google only to find Toolup has it for $40 on ebay. (FYI someone did this before me, just read this in the SD comments, so credit to him) See below link. Get it while its hot...