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Several months back I bought a couple of these to use around the shop. About $10 each at Menards. Filled one with ATF/Acetone mix and the other with bulk brake cleaner. Been using these for about 6ish months now with great results. No leaks, no plugs, and have survived several nasty drops and...

Have had my PP2 for several years, and picked up a PP3 this weekend. Other than the onboard voltmeter, is there much else different? I work on mostly tractors, combines and Ag stuff, ranging from fairly new, on back into the 1930's, so not a lot of modern electronics to deal with....usually...

Going to be in KC area next few days...of course I'm going to Harry Epsteins, but I love shopping for used tools too. Any good places to look?

Looking for suggestions for best bang for the buck. Need one to finish out some 80% AR15 lowers. Not above having to do some tweaking to make a so-so one work acceptably, if such a thing can be done.

Went until last fall without any GearWrenches at all, bought the big set Sears had on Black Friday sale, and love them, but they stop at 3/4 and 19mm. I work on a lot of farm equipment, and was looking at the bigger ones...up to 11/8" size, but don't really know how useful they would be...

Popped a hydraulic line on my swather this morning, so ventured into town to get a new one made. Guys were backed up at parts store, so ended up with an hour to kill. Stopped into the only pawnshop in town for a look around. Lo and behold, under a jumble of power tools, was a like new Metabo...

Best one I've made. It was leaking and guy wanted it out of his shop after replacing with some Chinese press. $100, plus about another $100 to get it sealed up. Works great. K.R. Wilson 50 ton press made in 1943, IIRC

Bought this old box on an auction Saturday for $7.50. Smelled like mouse piss, and was covered in grease and dirt. Casters all gunked up and stuck. Quick blast with the Hotsy today, and took out slides and cleaned and lubed them up, and got them sliding like new. Cleaned out the casters and got...

Had a short stick of 3" PVC laying around. Made this rack in about an hour, with hole saw and Sawzall. Not pretty, but works great.

Went to neighbors farm sale this morning. Nothing I was specifically looking for, just more of a social event. Spotted these two beauties in a beer flat, and took them home for $5 each. Been looking for one of these Craftsman Speed Ratchets for better than 5 years, and this is the first one I've...

Saturday took kids to monster truck rally in Lincoln. Stopped by pawnshop to see what was on the shelf. Spied a nice Skil 77HD, worm drive circular saw for $40. I would have bought at that price, but asked to plug it in, and when I did, it instantly fired up! Girl at counter was kinda shocked...

Was looking for a set of Cobalt bits, and damn near pulled the trigger on a set of Irwins on Amazon. Snagged a like new, not sure if ever used, 29 piece set of Norseman Magnums in a pawnshop last weekend for $12. All bits below 1/8 missing, with only the 5/16 showing any signs of use. These...

Got some DIY level roofing to do, and thinking about getting a cordless nail gun. I know next to nothing about nail guns and am looking for suggestions. I'm not much of a carpenter, so wouldn't be of much use to me outside this project. Thinking of renting or buying used, if possible. This is on...

Hit 2 garage sales this weekend, and came home with all this for $30. New Britan thread chasing tool. Doesn't appear to ever have been used. Snap On Bill Elliot ratcheting screwdriver. Wise and Ridgid snips. Craftsman 3/8" deep SAE set. Kobalt SAE Impact sockets. 11/4" missing. Genuine Vise...

Looking to get a good quality cobalt bit set. 1/16"-1/2" should suffice for most of my needs. Any recommendations?

Trying to I'd this from a picture. Is it an old Walker? Anyone know capacity?

Yesterday I broke the handle off on my slide hammer type bead breaker. The handle part is just a turned down, knurled end on the main plunger. Some weird, really grainy type steel, and when grinding it up to weld, I just had a gut feeling it was going to be troublesome to weld. I remembered...

Any idea what I've got here? Gave $12.50 for it at auction. Handles slightly bent but otherwise works great. Saw another like it with Montgomery Wards tag, but tag is missing on this one.

Bought this on a consignment auction last weekend, for $20. Unmarked Hex socket set, plus several Ford script wrenches. Didn't need it, but thought it was cool. Bunch of old **** in the bottom, hoof nippers, pruning shear, misc nuts bolts and ****. Wonder what all its been a part of, all these...

Got a chance to buy a Hobart AirForce 250 plasma cutter for $250. This not a 250A or 250CI machine. Can anyone explain the differences? I realize this is a light duty unit, but would work fine for sheet metal, I believe. Anything heavier, and I have other means of cutting. Are consumables...