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I am in the process of restoring a 1940s delta 14 inch wood band saw. The stand has had one of its legs broken. So I will be making a new stand. I haven’t figured out what it will look like yet. the first question I am thinking of is how tall to make the deck hight. Most I see are rather...

Little back story. My neighbor is downsizing. And at 86 I understand. He’s been a great neighbor for the last 35 years and I will miss his dearly. I’ve been helping him clean out his six car garage for the last few weeks. He was a jaguar collector and had 3. They went to his kids. He...

I’m hoping for some one with some experience with unisaw. I got a seems to be a mid early 70s 34-461. it had a motor cobbled in some how. It wasn’t pretty. but it was 200$ so I took it. it did come with the original 5 hp motor. ( if I read the plate correctly). It was crunchy when turning...

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/rocket-wrench-remotely-defusing-explosives-photo-gif-video-72544 I haven’t either… but now I need one. cool

Hi all. I am thinking about building a cabinet using tailgates. Two upright for doors and one for a drawer. Vintage stuff. Not sure what I looking for in terms of years. That’s the question. I see on the parts lookup online that different years are different, not sure how though. I’ll...

Have these ( I have three of them) from my late fathers tool collection. He was a machinist if that helps. Not sure what they are. Some type of tooling?

A good friend runs an estate sale company. When she has a lot of tools car parts or electronics. She call me to help with pricing. If there is anything I want she gives me first pick and a fair deal. This drill press is clean as it was one of three in the shop. It was in a very well...

Thanks for your input. I have 6 inch duct above a drop ceiling in a small 10x10 room in my garage. Id like to put in a heating outlet in the ceiling panel. Above this room is the dinning room it has four registers and dampers. the room stays very warm even thought the dampers are mostly...

Hi guys, My compressor needs a new switch and its been running hot and taking longer to fill. so Im looking for a rebuild kit any help??? Iv looked around and Im getting a little frustrated. It says cummins mack and it dates from 74. it was my fathers and it has been adequate for my use at home.

I have used this stuff for years and I just want to turn you guys on to this stuff. Bonds well to plastic metal wood. Its a two part epoxy that you can mix thin or thick. it dries fast and can be sanded drilled or shaped. I have used this , with great results, to cast some small parts. I cant...

seems like a good deal. I wish I had a use. http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/tld/3152204185.html

I've never seen one of these before http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/tls/3106195453.html

Thanks for looking. In the last week I have restored a drill press and tool buggy. This guy has been in the family for as long as I can remember. When my dad passed it came to me. I has always worked well but age started to catch up with it. The chuck had always been a little finicky. One...

standard on one side metric on the other. Honestly, I don't know why they would make this. I have never seen another one. Ironwork? Came from my father. Crescent brand made in USA...no part numbers.

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Ok I need some help. Being the tool junkie I am when someone asks me my opinion or needs help with a tool purchase I am able to give, what I think, is sound unbiased advice. But this one stumped me and I feel unsure if I am missing something and I am looking for some suggestions. My oldest 20...

Hi I’ve been lurking here for a while thought it was time for me to jump in and say hi. Actually, I do have a question and I don’t know the answer more on this on a different post. A little about me, Live in west suburb of chicago Been around tools my whole life my dad was a machinist for GM...

Test this just a test... if this had been an actual emergency you would be screwed