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I need to make a small 8' x 14' office look a lot nicer. It has a very thin/hard commercial carpet that is hideous, but that can't be removed. Is there a 'wood look' floor that is inexpensive and can be floated on top of the thin carpet? A handful of nails/screws through the carpet are maybe OK...

I have personally watched a sawstop save most of a hand. "BOOM" and everyone needed new pants not new limbs. The operator was learning the craft. Not distracted, just making a more complicated cut and things went a little sideways quicker than expected. The day I saw it save that hand was the...

^^I have those and they are nice but it drives me crazy that Knipex builds some of their combo pliers (like these) so that the jaws never close all the way. Makes it so they cannot pinch small wires and thin sheet metal.

I see a ton of posts saying WD-40. This was the 50-year-ago solution. Nowadays, use Boeshield T9 Aerosol Wax. Boeing developed it: it's wax cut with a solvent. You spray it on tools and the solvent evaporates, leaving a nice dry wax finish that lasts a lot longer than WD-40 oil and isn't...

Consider adding guards (walls) around your mill to the degree that you can without limiting access to the table/work (or make removable ones). Chips get everywhere. It is extremely difficult to work at a mill and not come home with them all over your shoes, as well as some on your socks (and...

I restore vintage woodworking and metalworking machinery, and I also use a lot of vintage tools to do so. That means I have a ton of experience with rust and have tried EVERYTHING. To remove rust, I use Evaporust on most things. It can be diluted (just takes longer). For small parts I use it...

That's a dream mill for a job shop. The fact that you have a nice 3-axis DRO on it means it's also probably a dream to use. From the VFD to the 3phase motor's 3 wires there should be no interruptions/switches. Looks like you got that right. The wires don't matter -- just wire it and see which...

Does the clausing have a table-raising crank? Some of their models only offered it as an optional add-on. As others have said, this is a low price for these machines, and both are high quality geared drills. If you are not used to gear heads, they will seem loud. Check the gears for breaks --...

Thanks for this info! You had more success digging up history than I did. It does look like the perfect vise for drilling holes in the ends of long chair legs for example...

^^ What got me interested is that it can twist in the round aluminum housing to make compound angles.

I just picked up a Cousins Mfg Angle Drill vise. I have a lot of vises and have seen a lot here, but never one like this. It attaches to a drill press column or to a post on your workbench. There is a screw to angle it precisely. Anyone have one? Anyone know more? Pics are a mix of mine, the...

You work on tractors but don't have impact guns? That's unexpected... I don't have power impact because I rarely use it, but I do have a full collection of SWENCH (manual impact ratchets) that are THE answer to rusted on fasteners. I expect that would be even more useful if you're working in...

I have 6pt everything Wright, except my 3/4" drive sockets, which are an extended set of 12pt Wright. I did not know that people used 6pt sockets in 3/4" drive size, and I don't think most mfg's make 6pt 3/4" drive. I don't see a lot of rounded over 2-3/8" bolt heads. Maybe you all are stronger...

I'm still mad I missed some of these for $25ish when midwest tool was having a knipex clearance a year ago.

Same... I have 3 burr kings and a shelf of accessories and I still jump a little whenever I see a nice one like this... Someone will get a nice grinder. Well you ****...belatedly. 21 cents per pound for a nice USA-made belt grinder...

^^That looks like a Coote belt grinder https://cootebeltgrinder.com/ Knifemakers like them a lot -- they are simple, dependable, effective machines. Still USA-made, $530-700 depending on size without the motor (which appears to be a very nice motor! -- 2 start caps = single phase and possibly...

If you acquired the pliers you need in the meantime, please send these my way -- I'm still crying over Mobile Distributor Supply canceling my huge order after placing it during this deal last year, and I have checked their site wistfully more than a few times since then in the hopes that the...

Just read the thread...why not use Techflex F-6 Split Braided Sheathing: https://www.techflex.com/general-purpose/flexo-f6 Comes in any size and many colors, and you can have cables come in/out in the middle of a run because it's split. I use it for the same applications shown in this thread...

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/tls/7562544706.html $250 Burr King precursor, the MacCarthy SandMaster (Burr King bought their patents/plans in the early 1950's and started calling them BurrMaster, then later Burr CHief and Burr King). I'm tempted but I have 3 burr kings and I'm out of...

1 thing? More like *3000lbs of tools.... But I've got big plans!