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I just looked up the manufactured date here... http://www.phxmfg.com/new_images/Emerson-Date-Code.pdf and mine is a 1966 model.

It looks like a close sibling to the one that has been retro-fitted onto my 1921 Singer sewing machine. The Singer was originally a foot pedal model, but now sports this beauty... I don't know if this will help you. It's, obviously not the same model, but it is very close in age. This...

What ever you do, bring the top of the wall up above the upper grade...Zero turns are much more squirrelly than most mowers and a ride off that wall into the pond might be your last. Make the upper grade as flat as possible and put drain tile along the wall to keep it dried out. I like the...

Grandpa was a fisherman, and a good one at that! I did a fair amount of fishing with them and we used sticks. I never saw these in the tackle box. This thing may not even be related to carpentry...I just don't know. I wonder if these were a part of a kit and I'm missing some pieces?

All good guesses! I like the Father's Day guess. I always envisioned using strings between the two clamps as some sort of guide for laying bricks, tile, or the like, but I can't really explain the whale tale on the end.

V-that is some very meticulous work. I see many, many hours of perfection going into a finished piece. You have incredible patience and a good eye!

Grandpa had two of these in his collection. He was a carpenter pretty much his whole life after the war (WWII). These are made of stamped steel and I would consider them very light duty compared to the standard C-clamp. There are no markings on them whatsoever. I am at a total loss as to...

Another vote for TORDON...lethal on everything you apply it to. I have been killing thorny locust, honey suckle, grape vine, Osage orange, poison ivy vine, and cat's briar with great success for seeral years now. I have not had any collateral damage unless you count the partial death of a...

It's hard to tell what size that vine is, but large pruning loopers should get 95% of it cut out.

A lift too! Dang! I guess I will keep counting the years and may never get there.

I bet it feels real good!

What you get for your money is a very nice and clean look to the inside of the insulated door (and the benefits of the insulation, of course). If you can be happy with your version, by all means - save your money and insulate it yourself. I will gladly pay for a professional install when the...

Thanks for the further compliments! I have a lesson to share. It seems obvious now that I look back on it (hindsight kinda thing). All of the wood used to facade the shop was at least 10 years old (the herringbone or chevron, as some call it) while the rest fell between 20 and 100 years old...

I can't do a little at a time...it's a lot or near nothing for me. I tend to park the car on Friday evening, prep the shop for Saturday, hit it running before daybreak and come in only to eat dinners and sleep. Come Sunday evening I have neglected everything but the project. It throws me off...

I bought just over 1600 square foot of modern tin to do the ceiling in my shop. I had never done it before. I want to say it was about 70¢ a square foot, but steel is going up and is now around $1 per sq ft. You're looking at about $700 for the tin and some top corner trim to do the basic...

A twist on the tape trick...put masking tape on one side of the the nut with enough tape to warp over the flats and then press into the socket (tape stays with the nut). OR, place the tape on the nut with the non-sticky side touching the nut and then press the sticky side into the socket (tapes...

It probably came with a second bit with the next size Phillips and flat tips. THEN it could be a 5-in-1 if you needed a 1/4" nut driver.

Should you go with poured concrete walls...consider incorporating deadmen on the backfilled sides. These will resist the walls form wanting to move inwards. My 50 x 50 shop was built into the hillside. It has 12 foot ceilings and the back concrete wall is over 8 feet tall. It has deadmen...

It looks great! There's nothing like old wood tops.

Mine gets little use (few times a year) so I wipe it down with new motor oil and cover it with cardboard and then a cut-to-fit piece of 3/8" plastic. It's then used as a spare catch-all or work table. The cardboard soaks up any excess oil.