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I recently bought a used small Enco mill and was not happy with the supplied stand. No storage, stationery, no work surface. Was going to build my own stand but saw an auction listing about 30 miles away in Sarepta LA for Morgan Saw, a saw manufacturer that had closed due to bankruptcy due to a...

I recently picked up a 1992 Pace 24' enclosed trailer. My trailer dealer buddy believes it was originally intended to be a construction business trailer, not a car trailer. It is taller than most car trailers, has no dovetail at the back and has multiple tie down rings halfway up the walls. It's...

About three years ago a buddy asked me to keep an eye out for a vise for him at the garage sales I frequent. This was before I was on Garage Journal and you guys gave me a vise addiction. Picked up a decent size USA vise for $20, let him have it for $25. Stopped by his place today and wanted to...

I was going to pick up my "new to me" Enco milling machine which will be it's own separate thread. I made arangements to pick it up today so I could stop at the local flea market that runs every Saturday Sunday, Greenwood flea market at exit 5 on I-20 in Louisiana just east of the Texas border...

This mill drill is for sale within a days driving distance from me, worth getting? After seeing how handy my Ridgid drill press is the mill drill looks tempting. Would be nice to be able to do some more complex projects. What do you guys think? "I have a quite nice Enco mill drill with R-8...

One of the local pawn shops has a Wright 2 ton high speed chain hoist for $89 bucks. Made in Lisbon OH. Looks OK, has a 10 foot chain and appears to work properly. I didn't have a camera with me but here's a pic of a one ton version that appears almost indentical. What do you guys think, is it...

Just scored a Snap-On KR661 bottom roll-around and KR691 top chest for $100 for both! Of course it does have issues at that price, it fell over destroying several drawers. Cleaning it up now while the sun's out, pics later!

Anyone think of any shop uses for a 40' I beam? It's a 30" tall, 15" wide I-beam, the horizontal parts of the I-beam is 1" thick, the vertical part is 3/4" thick. By my calculations it's just over 100 pounds per foot of length. My scrap guy is fixing to cut it up and scrap it. 1 foot chunk for a...

My 3 year old 5hp/80 gallon 2 stage Ingersoll Rand compressor won't turn off. Moving the switch handle does nothing, I looked inside the switch the handle is moving the internals but I have to turn it off with the circuit breaker. I tried cleaning it with electrical contact cleaner but no...

There was an estate sale advertised locally that had tools listed. Looked at address it was 1 block away! "Early birds" could even call and come early. So I made arrangements to stop by Thursday at 4 PM. Not much for tools but there were a few goodies. Immediate thing I noticed was the Plomb 1...

I was checking Craigslist and a Evoution Fury III metal cutting miter saw had jsut popped up. Brand new sealed in the box $100. Called and went to pick it up right away. Guy won it at a golf tournament and had no use for it. Just got home from eating dinner with friends, think I will have to go...

Sam's Club has a GE 24,500 BTU window AC for $366 right now. My shop is 30' x 40' all metal with a 12' sidewall with full insulation, an insulated 16' x 7' house garage style door with windows in the upper panel (only windows in the shop), an un-insulated 10' x 12' roll up door and a 4/12 pitch...

Went to an estate sale that had tools advertised, from the pics knew I had to make this one, plus had been owned by 90 year old former schoolteacher so hopefully older USA stuff. This particular one had full price on Friday, 25% off on Saturday morning and 50% off after noon. I got there early...

Bought a $5 box of tools at a garage sale this morning just before work. What's in it? I don't know just rembered it's still in the truck! Time to go check out my treasures LOL!

Picked up a little $5 taiwan vise from my scrap guy and threw a stand together from scrap for a portable small vise. Probably going to give it to one of my buddies who needs a vise but he better buy me dinner LOL. Used stuff I had laying around, base is a dualy truck disc brake rotor I got from...

This stuff is located near me and supposedly is from an old cabinetmaking factory. I know the owner of the land, the equipment is his sons and has been there for many years. All of it looks like it was driven with large belts. I can identify the equipment as a large bandsaw, router table and...

Here's a few finds I just picked up. First off it pays to be friends with the local junkman that drives around looking for metal to recycle. Give him your scraps and let him know what you are looking for. I just picked up the pictured all stainless workbench. It came out of a pizza place. With...

Hey I am trying to identify this Jack. Besides the usual slow leak it needs a new pivot pin. Hiball or anyone else any help identifying this jack would be appreciated.

Hello, this is Brien from Benton LA near Shreveport. Wish I had found this a few years ago, it would have helped with my shop. I put it up about 4 years ago, it's for working on my personal cars. It's a 30x40x12 welded "red iron' all metal shop with a 20x16 mezzanine second story floor for...