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Ok, I'm a bit confused. Looked at the starrett hole saw speed guide and it said for a 3" hole saw, use 1800rpm in wood. And then I looked at a ruko speed guide, and it said use 168rpm for wood. What gives with the huge difference? :dunno:

I picked up a single double square 13/16" snap on socket out of a pile at a swap meet. Cool! I Actually have some 13/16" square bolt heads on some old equipment. It's a underline snap on with No.426 stamped on it. I thought it was 1/2" drive, but it's not. It's a shade smaller than 1/2". Much...

Is there something that has changed in the HP rating for electric motors over the years? Why does it seem that a 30 year old motor with 1/4 or 1/3 HP runs stronger than a new 1/2HP? Is this my imagination?

So I have a new to me craftsman 13" 5 speed drill press and I'm looking for the appropriate drill chuck key. I've been using a key off of a old makita drill that sort of works, I also have a cheapo 4 way that the gear teeth have been seriously beaten up. So I'm looking online and they list...

I think I've gotten decent in hand grinding / sharpening my broken or dull drill bits. I'm wondering if anyone here can tell me how to grind in split point tips?

Anyone know if a decent hole saw set reliably goes on sale around any time? Hoping to find Milwaukee, Lenox, Dewalt, blu mol etc. sometime in the near future.

Ok, ive got an amateuristic question ... Why is the recommendation for drilling wood and softer materials high in the 2000-3000rpm range? What happens if you try to drill wood at say 400-700rpm? For a 1/8" bit? (When I use a handheld cordless or corded drill, I pay no attention to the rpm...

Ok, Stupid here... I ran my car over a Craftsman 4T jack stand and a pair of HF solid rubber wheel chocks. One of the legs of the jack stand are slightly bent, and the bottoms of the wheel chocks look worn due to getting scraped against concrete. Im about to toss these out in the trash...

Ok, i just started learning how to hand grind/sharpen my drill bits, I'm looking at a drill point gauge. How much better is a name brand like Starrett over a no name generic???

I've got a benchtop 3 speed drill press, and I use it so much more than I ever thought. The more I use it, the more there were days that I wish I had a floor standing press. It also only goes down to 600 ish rpm, I wish it had a speed down in the 300-400's. Of course, I love the antique/vintage...

Does anyone make a drill point gauge for 135degree bits? I see the 59degree angle gauge for the 118degree bits around...but haven found one for the 135degree bits?

Does anyone make replacement jaws for the bar type (straight) tap wrenches? I've got one where the dynamic jaw is misshapen/worn. They jaws are held on by set screws. No name stamped on the wrench.

Ive for a driveway that is convex sloped. It's about 2 degrees near the garage door, but increases in its slope to about 6 degrees at the curb. Granted, I'd probably put the stands closer to the garage door where the slope is closer to 2-5 degrees. Would you buys put a car up on 4 jackstands...

Looking to upgrade my jack stands to something with greater lift height. I'm debating the merits of the: 1) Hein Werner 6 ton $91 at tooltopia, free shipping 2) US Jack 6 ton $126 plus $41 shipping direct from US jack The US Jack is rated per stand, so it is actually double capacity. Plus...

After reading about the 57/64 deep socket in a thread a week ago, I find an old Duro 53/64 socket my tool box. I must have picked it up for the heck of it, i don't ever recall using it. So... Anyone know what had a 53/64 bolt/nut on it?:dunno:

I have the Craftsman (Kastar/Lang) 40 piece rethreader kit, but I find that often Im in the need for rethreaders that are #6,#8, and #10 SAE. Do these exist???

I had a cat that needed the O2 sensor threads cleaned up. Bought the Lisle tool, and someone recommended I use antiseize as the cutting lubricant. Tool worked fine, except afterwards, the chaser has these little nicks on the first few turns of the threads now. Cheap tool? Wrong lubricant? Or...

Hi folks, I'm sorry to be somewhat vague about this question and application, but if someone could school me or refer me somewhere for more info that would be great. I've currently got a drill bit that has an eccentric tip. This is so that the drill purposely wobbles and the hole cut is larger...

Small CL boxes. Can anyone ID the two middle bozes? Seller and I dont know...