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The W suffix means Whitworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Whitworth I have a few Whitworth fasteners on the carbs on my Triumph. For those I use an adjustable, since they're holding down the float bowl lids and shouldn't be tight. Whitworth wrenches tend to command a...

For now I have been using 5 gallon pails. This weekend's project is to consolidate into a stack of three of these IKEA bins: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10255897/ Metal, wood, and paper/plastic. I may get a fourth bin to separate paper and plastic if it's not too wobbly. If I...

I had one of those. It uses a 56-7/8" blade, which is very hard to find. My local Sears couldn't order them, I would have had to get them made up by a shop. The three wheel saws are very compact but otherwise not that useful. In all honesty, unless it has deep personal value, I would sell it...

That looks like my Triumph! To properly repair that I think you should weld it. An oxy-acetylene kit with a 000 tip would work, with patience. A MIG or TIG would also be just fine with the right kit. Another option would be to get new drawers made up by a competent sheet metal shop - it's...

While we don't have Harbor Freight we do have Princess Auto which appears to use many of the same Asian factories / suppliers. I've been satisfied with the unbranded hard line tools from them. Home Depot also sells the Husky line if you still want to buy hand tools from a box store. Gray...

For an inexpensive nailer you really can't beat a hammer. I'm with old wiz, we need to know the application to recommend a tool. I've got a CH 18ga nailer (up to 1-3/8) and a Princess Auto combo nailer/stapler (up to 2") and they're both good for knocking together little stuff. Those slippery...

For those who might not know, you can tell Google to just crawl Garage Journal with the site: keyword, along with your search terms: site:garagejournal.com search function https://www.google.ca/?q=site:garagejournal.com+search+function&gws_rd=cr&ei=re-9V4-1HYLCjwPfrpKABw

I looked into solar for my workshop, but came to two conclusions: 1) There is still a significant cost to the materials, and 2) You can't run any sort of stationary power tools off a battery for any length of time. My plan was to install one or two panels, giving me about 250 watts, which is...

Personally, I'd like a way to opt out of Free Parking showing up in the New Posts, which is how I normally browse the forums. I've been tricked into reading a few downward spiral threads that way...

They show up here on the West coast from time to time - a genuine Beach is a little rare, I usually see the Craftsman or Mastercraft rebrands. This one's a little rough, but with the exchange rate would be closer to $80 US: http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/tls/5673796785.html

Got it! It's not a Beach. It is a Flaherty, sticker says it's made in Hamilton Canada, assuming Ontario. There is also a faint Patent Pending stamped in black on the hinged lid. So, maybe there's info about these boxes / the company somewhere in a patent filing. If this box fits behind my...

There's one up for sale around here that I have been eyeballing. It appears to have a Made In Canada sticker. My hunch is that if it's Canadian, it's a vintage Beach or SPG International. The slides might give some clues about that. How heavy is it?

Not much happening in the shop lately; been working on replacing the deck in the back yard. I did pull out my fiberglass patch job on the Triumph battery box and am replacing it with steel.

Here is my small but hopefully-staying-the-same-size DBE wrench collection. For SAE I have a motley crew of brands and styles: Proto, Craftsman E and -V-, TecoMaster Professional (rumored to be made by Snap-On?), New Britain, Williams, Snap-On Canada, and Bonney. In metric they are all -V-...

It's just for wood, if I wanted to do metal I'd have to rig up a jack shaft or something to get it to slow down. My plan is to get a porta-band and then make a stand for it, but I've promised myself to sort out my handheld power tools before buying anything new.

Well, as soon as I got the bottom wheel replaced the saw threw the top wheel. I had to mail order the second one and that really slowed things down. But it's done! I made a blade guard out of sheet metal and now I have a band saw. I also picked up a D-handle for my router, which will make...

I think you can do better: http://fayar.craigslist.org/tls/5625552584.html Around here you usually pay less than $100 for a table saw, although most of those are crummy direct drive lightweight ones. There's the occasional belt drive cast iron one though.

I have considered stashing the stationary power tools in the attic / rafters of my single car workshop, but I have an irrational fear of one of those big tools crashing through the ceiling and crushing me. I store long pieces of lumber and stuff in bins that won't be able to vibrate loose...

Yeah, there's lots of Marvel Comics hits, I used the image search for my450 metal toolbox to find the etsy link. Some variant of that picked up the flickr link...

Had some time to kill at work and hit Google. That's a Marvel MY450: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wesmaldonado/sets/72157644745537447/ https://www.etsy.com/listing/87808246/vintage-blue-metal-tool-box-marvel-my Please don't put it on etsy. I hope your son loves it!