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These restorations are very impressive! I have one of the Craftsman BE 1/4 open ratchets in one of these earlier postings; it is missing the spring. Is it possible to replace the spring without too much work or damage? The ratchet is riveted, and I have no idea what size spring it takes. It...

Here is a plan from a magazine some years ago that I always thought was interesting: http://us.readersdigest.com/images/offer/fh/project_plans/pdf/FH05DJA_Workbench.pdf This (or something like it) would give you flexibility to use both saws on the same stand, or remove one when it is in the...

Looks the same as oilers used on hit and miss gas engines, and similar machinery from that day. I believe the screw on top is an adjustment to vary the amount of oil that comes out.

I have the same compressor, but on a larger tank. The tank on mine has a 1936 build date on the tag. It was mounted on the wall in our garage as early as I can remember (1960's) and it still runs well. It takes a long time to fill the tank, but I see on the spec sheet I found that they were...

I have an old floor jack apparently made by "National Standard Co." of Niles MI and Guelph Ont. I have not been successful in finding similar floor jacks in my searches so far; it appears as if the company is still in business and makes wire currently. I am guessing that the hydraulic jack...

I have used two compressors piped together for exactly what you need (more CFM for blasting). I just used a "tee" to connect the output hoses from each of the two compressors, and the third side of the tee to the blaster. Just turn on both compressors and that is it. My two compressors were...