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You've probably heard of "pimp my ride"? An acquaintance of mine once told me that he and his teenage son were "pimping" juniors moped. Well I'm going to pimp my shop vac. I have a nice Ridgid NXT shop vac (pic below) But it's a nuisance to keep the footprint minimal when I drag it around my...

The bottom seal of my main garage door spans one of the contraction joints in the floor (pic below) and mice are chewing the seal and using it as ingress (and presumably egress). Is anyone aware of a "rodent proof" seal and how to "bolster" the contraction joint to prevent such activity? I...

My wife bought me an "economical no-name" bore scope some years back. It works and has some nice lighting options/features, but the display is so grainy as to be near worthless. I don't need one often, but I believe they can save the day sometimes. Can anyone recommend a decent one for...

I could've sworn I saw this pic and nearly a dozen others of a beautiful restoration of this particular Delta Milwaukee 14in bandsaw on the pages of this website but can't find it again. Can anyone point me to it?

I'm trying to find a "shortish" retractable power cord reel to attach to my shop vac. Don't need a 100-footer, more like 25, in a compact size. Any ideas?

I'm retiring my old Warn 3700 12VDC winch, which I powered directly from those automotive jump packs for over 20 years, to winch small aircraft, lawn tractors, motorcycles, snow blowers, generators, etc., up ramps (max weight 1000lbs). The FWD/REV remote switch for the old winch always worked...

I have an older Warn 3700 12V winch that I bought new approximately 25 years ago. It's still working perfectly for the occasional winching of aircraft and lawn tractors onto my trailer. However, the loop at the loose end of the wire rope is starting to pull through the double-barreled ferrule...

My shop is two story, with the staircase coming up along the wall, directly beneath the centrally located double-hung window. Opening and closing this window is problematic because you have to step down several steps to get underneath the window, and then you have to reach up to unlatch and push...

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a thread on this forum celebrating the best "snags" you’ve ever found on either Craigslist or FB Marketplace, so I’ll start one. I was tickled to find a Wilton 20inch drill press on Craigslist back in 2021 about 3 miles from my house for $100. The only thing wrong...

I have a couple of these vintage 1/4in drive socket tray "kits" (pic below), one from SK and the other from Jensen, for which the original thin plastic organizer has long since disintegrated. The case measures approx 2-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches. Is this the sort of thing that 3D printing could be used...

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I lost a Craftsman 7/16" combination ratcheting box end wrench (recent lobster claw style), and my GL induced OCD erupts every time I look at the empty slot in my wrench rack. I purchased a replacement from Craftsman directly and another from Amazon and they both are nearly 2 inches shorter...

I bought the opener back when I built my detached shop in 2013, at the suggestion of a buddy who has had zero issues with his for 12-14 years. But after hearing about all the issues on this forum I just left it in the box, and operated the 9-foot tall door manually. Now I'm wondering if I've...

The A/C in our house has always been inadequate for cooling the two upstairs bedrooms for 30 years. The master bedroom is downstairs and we have no kids so we don't often need the upstairs cooled unless we have houseguests. But it is highly aggravating when we do have houseguests and I have to...

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Cub Cadet has seen fit to change the mower blade attachment method on my new lawn tractor. On my previous lawn tractor, with the same width deck, the blades were held on with a single bolt through the center of the blade. All the blades were easily reached with the ratchet wrench and one hand...

Craftsman, Dewalt, Matco, Kobalt. New, in unopened packaging. Stolen? Counterfeit? Truck hijakings?

I'm considering replacing a Craftsman 5in vise with a bullet vise, but am concerned about making Swiss cheese out of the corner of my work bench with the mounting holes, where the vise will go. I'm under no allusion that the mounting hole pattern will line up.

I have a 20-year-old 5in Craftsman bench vise, the screw for which is "growling" or resonating when turned. The vise serves my purposes, but the noisy screw makes me crazy. What's the fix? Tacky grease on the screw?

Can anyone advise why they don't recommend cutting the tongues on aluminum trailers and adding the folding type hinges to reduce overall length of the trailer? The hinges that are available, such as Fulton, seem to be very robust. Is it concern over the bolt holes wallowing the aluminum out, or...