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Does anybody here have a Dairex Assassin polisher? This is a stone polishing tool. I'm having trouble finding an air fitting for it. It's not 1/8th inch pipe.

I wanted a granite top for the kitchen island I'm building but the one I liked was $1,800. Not gonna happen. The island has rounded ends, so the granite has to be rounded too. I went to the K.C. Restore and found they had 30-40 pieces available. Got this monster for $5 a square foot. I...

Picked this up at a garage sale several weeks ago for $15. Works great. Any guesses as to the age? It's missing the handle but a piece of 1/2" water pipe fits just right.

Here's our 1962 Delta Unisaw for sale. We lowered the price to $700. Comes with a 54" Biesemeyer fence. I can move the fence around but still get a repeatable cut accurate to 1/64th of an inch with this saw and fence. The inch tape on the Biesemeyer rail is new, and is indexed to the oak slab...

I have an '80's Vent-A-Hood Range hood, with two exhaust fans, one runs CW the other CCW. There is a two speed switch to control the fan speed of both motors together. Trouble is the "Lo" speed is almost as high as the "Hi" speed. I like the "Hi" speed, for quickly clearing out cooking...

The lid of my truck-bed tool box is getting droopy. I've pulled one of the gas shocks/springs, but need help de-ciphering it. Does the 80# mean it's rated for 80 pounds? It's a Stabilus Lift-O-Mat and I can't find the exact match, using 4253TW, which is printed on the side. But maybe that's...

Sniff. Sniff. I was at work today when my oldest Milwaukee bit the dust. We were together 34 years. I got him new from a lumber company in Cal. in 1986 and he never let me down. Until today... when he died unexpectedly, with his boots on and still plugging away. See the two dark lines on...

I've got four old Chevy 235 flywheels from the 1950's I'm going to use as flywheels in a kinetic log splitter project. Do any of you guys know if the old 235 flywheels are cast steel or cast iron? I'd like to weld them to steel sprocket hubs if possible--but I'll also bolt them to the hubs. I...

I just bought a vintage Waterloo 6 drawer toolbox. Made in USA. In cleaning it up it looks like the P.O. used 30 wt oil to lube the slides and there was lots of greasy, dirty gunk that I had to clean off. What is the best stuff to lube the slides? I'm thinking wax or soap. But maybe it's...

I've heard about this for years, but I've yet to read anything authoritative. Are certain gear oils bad for yellow metals? Reason I ask is I have an old Chevy overdrive unit that has bronze thrust washers in it and I don't want to use the wrong gear oil and eat 'em up. Anyone know for sure?

I saw an ad on the local CL for a Hein Werner jack. $60. Went to look at it and got it today. It's an 'O Boy, 1&1/4 ton. I got it from an old drag racer who said it had been in every State in the Union. Works great.

So I bought a rusty, rusty, rusty '53 Chevy convertible some years back and slowly am restoring it. I rebuilt everything mechanical myself--261 engine, 3-speed trans, front susp. and rear end. Last summer I used a '53 Chevy sedan rear seat bottom and an unknown '53-'54 rear seat back to cut...

I'm out in Los Angeles on a job and saw this ad on the local Craigslist. The picture was small, but I clicked on it anyway. Hmmm... looks like a winner. I emailed, texted and called him, and offered to pick it up last night. He said no, and I was glad, as he wasn't in a safe part of...

So about 20 years ago I bought a new set of S-K Superchrome, long-pattern wrenches. 5/16ths to 3/4 I'm thinking. They came in a canvas and plastic tool roll. That set was stolen by the Mex plumbers on a jobsite I was working on. Bummer. But I kept my eyes open on ebay and found a...

I have always changed my own oil and take the oil to various auto-parts stores so they can recycle it. Does anybody know if the auto parts stores make any money off the used motor oil? Or do they have to pay to have it hauled away. I'm mostly curious. Someone here must have worked in an auto...

Granted these are rare... but $37,500 rare? I don't think so. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/pts/5949192979.html

Anyone know the history of the Wilton Snap-On vises? When did Wilton start producing vices for S.O? Which vises were badged as Snap On's? My understanding is the 1750's were definitely badged as S.O's. Any others? Time line? Anyone know?

This seller has some strange tools in his "Supper Garage Sale". Can anybody decipher some of them? Bawn Saw Weiders Antic Motors Rool Aways I wonder if the second one is a weeder or a welder? Here's the link: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/tls/5907299476.html

Seller says it's 160 pounds, 7 inch jaws. Price $130. OH Wait... no, that's $1,300. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/tls/5887262567.html