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At some point you may very well need that resaw capacity, but there are other practical benefits to a larger saw. One is throat depth, meaning a larger one typically gives you more room between the blade and the frame making it easier to work with larger stock. Another is the wheel diameter...

The drawers themselves will almost certainly be fine. The glides may or may not need to be replaced. Unlikely all of them would need replaced, but possible. More likely they will be fine or a couple sets need replaced. They are easy to replace. There are rubber snubs/stops in the back of the...

I have a pair of the 6 ton ones we use at the shop daily and they have held up well. I wouldn't get the 3 ton, for another $20 you can get the 6 ton. 3 tons jacks are really only good for slipping under a vehicle quick for a little extra safety if you aren't going to get under it. Say if you...

Around here a kr660b is worth about $750 - $1000 in decent shape, maybe $1500 for really nice. $500 ish for a little rough but complete and functional. Once again, prices seem regional, and without seeing the box in question its pretty much impossible to guess.

Price seems to be a regional thing, but in Tampa I bought a Krl1001 about 6 months ago for $1075 delivered. Its in really good shape, needed cleaned, lubed and new liners, but that's about it, came with a key and working locks even. Granted that's a good deal and I had to watch Craigslist for...

I would say you aren't even close to overloading it, or have even reached its intended capacity. We have an old kr series like that at work, with friction slides, and one of the drawers is full of bushing drivers, and their handles. When I say full, I mean packed. They are basically solid 1...

Long handle Snap on, but any good one would be fine. Very handy for TTY head bolts. Hard to get the necessary clearance with a breaker bar. Especially in a van or many SUVs.

kitty litter is awful as oil dry. if you have a decent sized spill and throw kitty litter on it and then try to sweep it up it smears into a nasty paste, huge pain. Basically becomes mush. Sawdust, sand and dirt will all kind of work, but not really. I mean it will soak up some, as will paper...

You might want to check out what they call a 'Logic Probe'. Similar to a test light but is led based, computer safe and has both positive and negative leads. Its quick and handy, can check injectors and other things a regular test light isn't good at. This is what I grab for quick checks...

rrich looks like Oak to me also, possibly Ash. Hard to tell apart in a photo of rough sawn though. Oak will have ray flecks, Ash doesn't. You asked earlier about photos of my shop and the machines. I don't really have a shop or any machines to speak of now, and old grizzly table saw, an old...

I just eyeball it based on the breaker bar or ratchet. A long handled flex head 1/2 ratchet is really handy for getting around obstructions. A breaker bar works but is harder to get to clear. As mentioned above, if you are fairly close it will be fine - or has for me thus far. I always make...

I picked up a set of the Carlyle from Napa about a month or so ago, regular non impact. I use torx bits a fair amount rebuilding transmissions and general mechanical work, one thing I've learned is they all break with extended use, don't care who you buy them from. That's why I got he Napa...

Well, you folks have all been pretty busy since I last stopped by. I guess I've been kinda busy myself, but nothing woodworking/shop related sadly. Between a tooth infection and my truck breaking down, work, and the basic everyday home stuff, just haven't had any time. I will say if you...

We have this one at work, it gets treated poorly and still works well. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016UG6PWE/?tag=atomicindus08-20 We use it a lot, several times a week if not several times a day, 95% of the time by employees who do not appear to have any concept of care or cost. I can't speak...

What is the problem with the current hammer? Sounds like it does both jobs and they have them already. The only issue you kind of hint at is that they turn them sideways, or some do, but that doesn't sound like an problem to me really. Its very possible to create more of an issue than you...

We get this a lot, well not broken ones, but people can never find the key to the locks. I agree with whoever posted above saying wheel locks are garbage. They keep far far more mechanics from being able to work on a car then they ever kept rims from being stolen. Most of the rims we end up...

JimReed, that table is another thing I've been hauling around for years, not sure why though. Don't remember where I got it originally even, but it used to look decent and was in the house. Then it got relegated to the garage for a few years, and this move it ended up outside. Won't last much...

Cats are pretty cool, I used to have several calicos, some of which were free range shop cats. They did on occasion seem genuinely interested in what was going on. I did take a couple of pics to share. Please ignore the overgrown lawn. The guys who dumped the crushed concrete got it nice and...

If you use the press for building transmissions and do ones with the heavy spring like the Hondas I mentioned, or the mopar overdrive units you will want something you can tighten pretty good. The lighter springs are no problem, just touching the wrench to tighten it works fine, but on the...

Guess I'll just jump in and catch up when I can. I'm just getting back into woodworking after being away from it for years. As a young boy I grew up around woodworking in various forms, from cutting down trees, building the odd building or functional wood creation, and working on the old...