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Should probably put this here as well. There is a local used goods, second hand, antiques, whatever you want to call it store here where I live that has been there for ever. Some of the stuff they have in there looks like it has been there equally as long. Pricing can be hit and miss but when...

There is a local used goods, second hand, antiques, whatever you want to call it store here where I live that has been there for ever. Some of the stuff they have in there looks like it has been there equally as long. Pricing can be hit and miss but when it comes to stuff that outright isn't...

I need a new battery drill. Most of my power tools are corded so whether someone does or doesn’t make it anymore means nothing. However with battery tools it is a different deal. For example the drill I am replacing is an old blue Bosch. What has killed this drill is not the drill. Drill works...

I am planning on going pneumatic for damn near every "Power tool" in my shop so I am on the look out for an air compressor. I am keeping an eye out on used industrial compressors with more CFM than I could ever use but just in case I am also looking at what smaller compressors I can just go out...

I have some very expensive tools. I have Snap-On and Stahlwille hand tools mixed with Koken and Bhondus and others. Wera and Snap-on screwdrivers. I being in the tool and die trade have very expensive Mitutoyo measuring tools among others. Most of my tools I have planned for and purchased in...

A toilet in my shop is something that is always on my mind. I don't care if its only a minute walk back to the house to use the loo. But I am thinking connecting to sewer or septic would be ridiculously expensive. I have wondered about those composting toilets or ones like in motorhomes or...

I am realizing that buying stuff premade, while convenient is not often cost effective. I want to get some tools for crimping lugs onto larger single core cables and also crimping gas and water fittings onto small hoses for welding torch leads and the like. But I know nothing about crimping...

I have a dilemma I want to paint my shop floor with a really glossy hard as nails paint. Something that won't burn as it is mostly a welding shop. But I can't easily empty the whole shop to do it all at once. Is there some trick to doing it in stages without it looking too obvious?

Something made me wonder recently what would shops and tools have been like around the world during world war 2? Whether it be a machine shop, mechanics, all trades. Not just in the allied nations but axis as well. What would have been a top set of tools during the war?

Have had this thread on other forums I frequent. Has been a while since I have been on here. May as well share it here as well.

I am looking at this air compressor for sale but I know nothing about it besides it being 3 phase. I can't find any info on psi or cfm. Anyone know anything?

It is winter here in New Zealand and thanks to being way to close to Antartica that southern ocean minus degree winds blowing north are bringing a really cold winter. My house is solid brick for pretty much every external and Internal wall. I have hardwood suspended timber floors through out...

I’m only looking for opinions between these two brands. I have used Metabo and they are great. However I can buy both. Fein are locally better in pricing. Just want some opinions from people with user experience between the two.

Years ago I spent a couple of weeks doing some work in an aluminium fabrication business. I remember noticing that the workers there used blades on their angle grinders that were basically a miniature carbide tipped circular saw or skill saw blade. I have never seen these for sale however. I...

I’m on the lookout for a saw whether new or old to cut metals of all kinds, solids and tubing/pipe. I’m after something that is is large capacity but doesn’t take up a huge amount of space as my shop is only 20 feet by 23 feet. Mitre with a degree wheel would be great. I’m even looking at cold...

I will eventually figure the best place to have a dedicated workshop thread but for now will show off my most recent purchases here. I’m still getting stuff home so these pictures are from before they arrived at home. The welder and drill press were purchased close together. The grinder a...

Hello Exactly as title describes. I want a Miller Syncrowave 351 and or 350LX but it must be the 50hz 400volt model. Condition is important. Must be in extremely good reliable working condition. I just want the machine itself I don’t need any attachments or accessories.

This has probably been asked before. With so many different brands of power tools I thought I would ask for a collective opinion. Is there a brand or brands that you could say are the best of the best of the best? Tools that will happy stand day in day out use.

My feet hurt a lot due to the concrete floor at my current work place. They get very sore and swollen after a days work. Never had this issue in previous shops. I am after the most comfortable safety cap work boot in existence. I don’t care what it costs. Does anyone know where to find a...

I currently have a walk behind mower that I am happy with though I do plan on changing some things on it. I am aware of what the top brands are for these types of mowers with a conventional setup but I recently saw a video of a cub cadet that had zero turn front casters. I have never seen that...