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I'm familiar with metric, but inch fasteners and threads aren't exactly ancient. My 2001 Cherokee 4.0 is all SAE inside the block. Don't know if new ones are still built that way. My biggest problem with metric is it's lack of relationship with humans. Foot being the obvious one but an inch...

I looked that up, but I don't have anything yet in that standard. Although I did discover I had a fair amount of NPT/NPS taps and a few dies...

Thanks everyone. I settled on SAE and Metric. But I used paint pens on plastic organizers - if I change my mind, a little solvent on a rag and I can do it over...

Specifically regarding taps, dies and drill bits, which I happen to be organizing this weekend. "Metric" and "Inch" are pretty self explanatory. But I was wondering what the "correct" or "most correct" name is. For "Metric", I've also seen "ISO" and "International Standard" Inch I've seen...

I found this tap/drill chart. Has a lot of the oddball sizes listed. https://www.scribd.com/document/320554562/Tap-Drill-Chart-pdf

Appears the USF is an old standard - United States Form. Found a thread on Practical Machinist https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/can-someone-explain-what-a-usf-thread-is.380615/ that sent me to a thread on grabcad https://grabcad.com/questions/what-is-the-16-u-s-f-threads-meaning...

Recently inherited a bunch of taps from my late father and grandfather. I've gotten some waterproof tackle trays and am trying to get them all sorted. Since they're old, they're almost all inch sizes. Have come across a few oddballs. I've got a copy of the Machinery Handbook from 1953 and...

Thanks for everyone's comments. Been thinking about this and I believe I can take the motor, blade and guard off the chop saw and mount a basic angle grinder to it. That pretty much gives me the best of both - rigid one-handed operation of the angle grinder at any angle with a motor and speed...

Plan is to get new stones. But I am in a very rural area and do tend to get into a "know how to fix it in case I can't buy it" mindset because stuff happens and the nearest city is 45+ minutes away. Also, here in the rural South, plenty of places are closed all day Sunday and most of the day...

I read about Mendelson's on a few old threads here. Thought it sounded like worth a trip over to Dayton. Unfortunately, they closed at the end of 2020 and Sandy Mendelson passed in July of this year. From what I've read, the building's been torn down and replaced with a Marriot.

Funny you should mention that. Had an old chicken coop I built that I had partially disassembled and set aside. Wife doesn't need it anymore so I disassembled it completely to get it out of the way. I used construction screws and decided to save them since they're basically reusable. Was...

New stones seems like the best way to go. Don't know why that didn't occur to me in the first place.

I don't really know, but that sounds like a possible plan. Heat is like a magic wrench.

I guess that would work. Turns out a HG gun is one tool I don't actually own, although they seem useful.

That's genious. Really nice work.

Was going through a toolbox and came across some hones I have. One's for engine bores and the other is for drum brake cylinder bores. They're the spring loaded three-prong ones that run off a power drill and have long thin rectangular stones. Anyway, the adhesive has let go on some of them...

So I have an old Craftsman compound miter saw. Replaced with a new sliding miter saw. Works well enough, but I no longer have a use for it and it's not worth enough to bother trying to sell. Started a thread about the possibility of using it for metal cutting...

Sorry I missed some replies - stopped getting notices because I checked from another device without being logged in to trigger the notices again. I haven't made a decision yet, but I'm leaning away from both this or a chop saw. I realized I'm starting to really hate loud tools. The miter saw...

Recently bought a Dewalt sliding miter saw. Very nice machine although expensive. So I have my old Craftsman 10" 5000rpm basic miter saw. Have had it for probably 20+ years. Wanted to find something to do with it since it's not worth much on Facebook Marketplace. Could really use something...

Long story, but thanks to the hurricane coming through and dumping more water than we've seen since March in a week, my trench collapsed several times. It was about 30" deep and 12" wide I cleaned it out twice and each time it got deeper scraping the new mud off the bottom. The last time was...