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I have a '83 SO KR557 I picked up years ago to restore. I think I'm finally going to tackle it this winter. I have seen the good threads on cleaning drawers with electrolysis and I'd like to try that as most of the drawers are missing lots of paint from some sort of chemical damage. I intend to...

http://store.snapon.com/Plastic-Boxes-with-Steel-Drawers-F-O-D-Design--Tool-Chest-Plastic-Steel-Drawers-F-O-D-Red-Shell-Red-Drawers--P637246.aspx There is currently one for sale close to me for $230. There are no foam organizers with the box. I'm wondering if it would be a good replacement for...

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I was to a pawn shop today just looking about, and found they have a scan tool for sale. I need a real scan tool and this is almost exactly what I am after for hardware. Price is fluid but a grand is where they are starting. It is an OTC EVO 5.0 with the following accessories: Ford II cable...

For at least a dozen years or so we have been getting by with cheapish $100 battery chargers for everything from our ATVs to a T800 and 300 h.p. tractors. Now our chargers are both showing their years. One was rained on and now the gauge won't work and the other one charges intermittently...

I hate to sound like a pimp for Costco but it's one of the few places I get to this time of year that has tools of any kind. Last time we were there two driver combo sets were available, an XP and a sort of standard set. The standard set was made in Mexico and was maybe thirty dollars cheaper...

For about ten years I have been using an OTC ball joint press kit for doing u-joints on drive lines. Before that we used a big vise or shop press and spacers but that usually required two people to do quickly. The OTC press is great for smaller joints but I have run across several yokes with...

We were by Costco last night and I noticed a CMan 150 piece tool set, $99.00 and change, marked made in USA. Around the next aisle there was a ten piece driver set for $10. I see one web site listing the set with twenty dollars off in store. My wife would have my thumbs if it tried to buy any...

I searched ratchet wrench and came up with 500 pages of posts containing those words. I'm looking at adding at least metric ratchet wrenches with angle heads. My current GW ones were some of the first of theirs to market and are just the flat basic ones. They are good but I'm after some more...

Years ago when I was single and had plenty of spare time and change, I found a smoking deal on an almost brand new 1022 box and full height side cab for 40 percent of new. The box was and still is immaculate. I used the tools in it a bit but life was changing for me and now I see the box and the...

I'm slowly building my fabrication equipment up to do more paying work, ornamental and the like. I'm also hoping to build a few side hack frames for my dirt bikes and see where that takes me. I anticipate working with smaller materials mostly 3" or under for tubing, angle, and strap. I have seen...

I remember debating these arguments since I first started checking COO labels on products. Over the years the causes of the shift, from making things in America to simply making the profits in America, have become clearer. China artificially suppressing its currency, ever increasing regulations...

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I was just sitting here pondering the single most used tool in my arsenal besides an F80 ratchet and wondering if any one else keeps a French press in their shop? I had a Bunn for years and really liked it until a pretty young waif sold me her car and started spending more time in my shop...

I know the topic has been discussed here in the past but I don't remember a definitive answer. Where can I purchase a roll of drawer line exactly like what SO used for my KRL1022. My dealer can't find the pn for the rolls he thinks they used to sell and it has been far too expensive to buy liner...

I have a full set of Hansen plastic post socket holders in my shop box and I am really happy with them. I ordered and finally received another set for my road chest this week. I intend to magnetize the bottoms to keep them in place after removing the extra posts I won't use. My concern is for...

I am currently in the market for a battery powered grinder. I tried an older Blue Point briefly and found it woefully lacking. We have lots of DeWalt battery tools but their grinders seem too light. I've heard Metabo produces one but I'm fairly sure it's made of unobtainium. Now I see Milwaukee...

I'm looking for the best pry bar for a road chest. Hang the cost, I want the one that will take the most abuse in around the two foot length. I have a nice vintage SO one but I hate to take it to the field with me for fear of losing it. I do have room for a couple lengths if I can find a good...

I have three sets of BS/Whitworth wrenches, a double box Craftsman set, a double open Craftsman set, and a Proto combination set. I collected them years ago with the thought that I might someday maybe find a Vincent, Brough, or old Trumpet, have enough money for it, and need to fix it. Since...

Years ago I saw a Blue Point roll cab that came with a beginners set shown in a SO flyer. The box was half the width of the current smallest rolling box I can find from Snap On or Blue Point. The box was not a tool cart. Neither of the dealers I have talked to know the box I saw and I threw...