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It's funny to think how spoiled we were buying the "cheap junk" like phase II and Taiwan machines from Enco, that's all high end stuff from Jet / Grizzly now. KBC still does Enco style flyers. There are decent deals in there or at least there were pre-tariffs. Shars has rough import stuff...

This seems like a great deal to me because you're making chips day 1 and you have a way to learn. The SB 10L is also a prolific lathe and you'll have a huge knowledge base and spare parts to buy if it does need anything. I wouldn't worry about the ways or even the headstock wear, you can tighten...

Lisle wouldn't do that on purpose. 99% chance their supplier pulled a switcheroo on them.

There's no ceiling to how much you can spend on a hand plane.

I had that same one possibly. The Shop Vac brand with the 40 gallon drum looking canister. It did not have a large diameter hose but worked ok. I recently bought a Ridgid and while not as good as the old ridgid models, it blows the shop-vac out of the water. I think Shop-vac was lowered in...

112 Back online. It was a mutt, but now it’s a mutt with rosewood furniture. The knob is wrong (it’s off an early 6/7) till I can find a low 3/4 knob. I thought it might be a store brand plane but it does have the sw logo on the cap screw. The thicker hock blade works a treat.

I’m an eternal optimist and I’ve never been able to get one to work much better than a paint scraper. The sheet metal frog is the real culprit. Pexto chisels were great, but these were a swing and a miss.

This is what I suffer from. I try mange it by "collecting" small, low value, but rare stuff. Specifically chisels and spark plug gap gauges. $20-$30 here and there and they don't take up much room. The other trap is the endorphins from an awesome deal outweigh the endorphins of selling an item...

I've asked for them, they're still surprised mechanics use their wrenches, they think of themselves as an industrial tool supplier.

Most of my tools are ones I probably could have gotten by without but this is the blessed trinity of overkill as I haven't even used them (yet), I've made due with the cheap, worse versions, then bought these vowing never to use the crappy tools again. T&D Ring and Pinion installation set, I...

The Fireball vise is only 90 lbs. A vintage Columbian 6 inch vise is going to be well over 100. I'd also be willing to bet that like other high end hobbyist tools (Lie Nielsen, Bridge City, Lee Valley Tucker Vise, HNT Gordon, etc) If Fireball ever discontinues the compact hardtail, you'll have a...

He was on the "Oil and Whiskey" podcast and, while very boring and self aggrandizing, he talks about his struggles with OCD. He also talks about building his business, then says something weird about not wanting to hire ambitious or entrepreneurial employees, only dumb rule followers which was...

This looks like the stamping.

My buddy snagged this 60 for me. I don’t have a before picture but it really cleaned up with some wd40 and steel wool, and autosol on the shiny bits. I love the “V” logo era tools so this is going to be a shelf queen. The fit and finish on this era is really fine. The ramp to the rear mouth is...

I hope the kroil isn’t missing a spray cap! Next year I’ll try to hide my identity better 😆

Santa hooked me up with a diamond sharpening set up, tool holder and inserts for my new to me lathe, and a bunch of marking and metrology (Fatmax and Mititoyo) which you can never have enough of. Thank you Santa and I hope everyone had as blessed a Christmas as we did!

The package is here!

Shipped mine yesterday. Should be there the 22nd 😬

You're making my ADHD tingle but 4 hours is too long to commute :LOL: