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Check this guy out! It looked nice enough online, but when I went to pick it up, it's seriously the nicest Stanley 46 I've ever seen. The nickel is a genuine 99% and the handle looks like it's never bounced around in a toolbox. The only nickel loss I can find is where your right thumb would...

I'm not disagreeing with you, but between the tariffs and shipping price, a smaller 12x36 made in China lathe will be over $6k delivered. You're going to have to go way down in size and quality (assuming this lathe is as mechanically sound as it is clean). I know the "center of gravity" thing...

A nice low hour Taiwan machine with hardened ways and a dro is going to really appeal to some buyers who just want to plug it in, lubricate it and go instead of blowing it all apart and restoring a vintage machine or paying an arm and a leg for a clean postwar US machine. I'd ask $4k for the...

FWIW, I used a 50" bora clamp for years, then I figured I'd be a cheapskate and buy a Kreg Accujig. It's junk. It took a bunch of messing around and UHMW tape to get the slop out of it. It also needs a reference to set up an 8' track so I never bother taking it apart.

The hook and loop sander would work on a hood. It'd **** to do a whole car though. If you can find better discs than HF, those won't wear out or load up as quickly. As for plaster, my house is from 1929 and was all plaster and lathe and I've never "removed" paint. I've removed plaster and...

Indexing wrenches. They were discontinued by GW a while ago and I never managed to snag a set.

the serpentine style wrenches are a little long. This is what I'm currently using and I like the "form factor." If it had a conventional flex on the other end instead of the open, it'd be 💋🤌

Notables for me were: The Harbor Freight Icon evap tester (smoke machine). The nano 1/4 stubby bit set from Astro. Titan also had some massive pry bars that I'm going to have to try out. I ran into the limits of a crappy Kobalt crow bar recently so I'm in the market and the 60 inch one seems...

Also, I'm not sure who doesn't know by now, but if you haven't used www.pirateship.com to print your shipping labels, you might give it a try, you'll at least get the "corporate" rate instead of the walk in rate and the savings can be pretty substantial.

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It'll always be a Stanley 4 1/2 hand plane for me although a 78 or 45 are close seconds. Just watching something that was beautifully made 100 years ago, works flawlessly, yet takes some modicum of knowledge and skill to use just gives me the dopamine hit I need from using a tool. I'd also say...

I need to stop going to auctions. 3000lbs later (no exaggeration), I am now the proud owner of a Hendey Tool and Gage Maker's lathe in unknown condition. The only thing I can ascertain on initial inspection is that I have 99% of the parts (collets, taper attachment, chucks, draw/knockout bars...

Yes, those folded metal holders are the worst holders on earth and since I hate using them, I never lose them, and therefore I've had a version of these for decades and I'm too lazy to 3d print something for a $10 set of hex keys.

Storage auctions, bankruptcy auctions, estate auctions, etc. If the auction is live only (no online bidding), the prices will be a lot better on the little stuff and antiques vs. online, but not the really valuable stuff. They're typically on a weekday so it's buyers who do this as their living...

I wonder if it has to do with Zoro at all? I don't get 20% off coupons anymore.

Sorry to hear about your luck. FWIW, I'm not as preoccupied with the return of the old tools, but it's a also pretty good idea to document everything for insurance purposes.

I bought the L&L gun with the lock on it out of the box. Looks to be the exact same made in india gun everyone sells now including lincoln. Keeping an eye out for a vintage made in USA Lincoln, not that they were any great shakes but a grease gun is something I'd prefer not fail since the...

I use this, as mentioned by snickers and a buffer. I buff the chisel back to a mirror polish, then hit it with the taylor tools kit and they are hair splitting in a few minutes. I've "restored" probably 100 chisels or more with this setup vs stones.

Back in the garage, beyond the eclectic mix of second hand tools, It's also a makeshift gallery of terrible taste in music and art. Most of these are limited edition prints from bands I love and automotive/motorcycle related in some way. The Japanese woodblock print was from my Grandfather and...

I like the concept of this set and if you do the math, it's actually not as bad a deal as at first glance. Any time you actually sit down and add up the price of tools without the bloat from hex keys and keychains it adds up FAST. That said, I'd tweak it a little before I called it a "mechanics"...