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I have been wondering what this tool is and after thinking about it for a while I think its a hand saw vice, but I figured someone on the Journal will know. What can you tell me about this thing? Thanks.

I'm re-sizing a counter top to fit on an Overhead Projector cart for my nephew. I heated up the end piece of formica and removed it from the original counter top, and I want to re-glue it to the smaller size top. There is probably a particular glue made for this purpose, what would that be...

My niece just asked me if I ever heard of Amazon homes. I did home lending and built homes with Habitat for Humanity in my career, retired now, still involved in Habitat for Humanity. I had never heard of an Amazon home, and lo and behold, they have several on their website! It looks like...

`After several years I finally got into turning pens. I bought a pretty inexpensive Wilton Mini-lathe several years ago and am finally getting around to using it. I tried turning a larger piece on the lathe and it isn't up to the task but it seems pretty good for turning 3/4 by 3/4 pen blanks...

I've got a small table top drill press and I've gotten to the point that I want to upgrade to a floor standing drill press that will drill wood or steel. I don't do lots of metal working but when I do, the drill press I have is grossly underpowered and won't turn slow enough for drilling much...

My Makita MAK5200 died a few days ago. I bought it new in 2006 and used and sometimes abused it for a long time. I ended up buying a Quincy QT54, upright 60 gallon 2 stage, and use it a lot more than the Makita. Well, I pulled the Makita out to run an air nailer and found that the tank had a...

I noticed the pressure regulator started leaking, attached to my Quincy 60 gallon air compressor. I replaced it with another Rapid Air regulator, except the only one available locally has 3/4" fittings, so I bushed it down to my half inch fittings and hoses. When I took the old one apart, I...

This summer I did some mowing for a friend of mine who had back surgery, and he gave me his Dad's old Williams & Hussey W7 Planer-Molder. It doesn't appear like it was used too much. I don't know a lot about this type of machine. Is anyone familiar with what they are capable of? It has a 1...

Sorry I don't have pictures, but the daughter needed to buy a new fridge. The one she bought is about a quarter inch taller than the space where the old one was. I maybe able to adjust the wheels enough to make it fit, but I could also cut the about a half inch off the bottom of the upper...

Now that I'm retired and starting to do more wood projects, and plan to be building some furniture the time is coming for me to acquire a jointer. So, a couple questions for people that know: First, I could use a 6 inch jointer but I was thinking the extra width of an 8 inch jointer might be...

I’m looking at a Jet 10 inch cabinet table saw to possibly buy. It’s a model JTAS-10-1, Stock Number 708510. I have only seen pictures so far, but it appears to be a pretty decent saw. It has a 3 hp motor, 220 volt With 52 inch cutting capacity. From what I am told the fence is similar to a...

Here's a question. My son asked if I could help weld on a track bar bracket on the rear axle of his Jeep Wrangler. I have a PowerKraft (Century) 230 Amp AC-DC stick welder. I understand the bracket is made from approximately quarter inch material. Would my welder do a decent job on something...

Hi, I have an old Forney 180 Amp AC welder. It works, but I can only get it to run 6011 and 6013, and it doesn't like starting an arc until it gets the rod warmed up pretty good. There is an old Powerkraft, (Montgomery Ward) made by Century, a 230 AC and 180 DC welder, on an auction, might...

I have a old Forney 180 Amp welder. I have a project coming up that I could use a different welder for. There are quite a few choices, but I'm wondering if a Miller multi process welder might be a good choice. Its probably overkill for me, but the Multi matic 255 sure looks like it would...

A friend of mine gave me this old Craftsman Band Saw today. It needs a new tire on the top wheel, probably should put on both new. I see the blade is not covered as it comes up the back side. Was that standard, or is there supposed to be a stock cover for that? I probably need to see if it...

A friend of mine gave me an old Craftsman Band Saw today. Is this a decent Band Saw? It looks pretty good to me for an older saw. I see that there is no guard on the back side where the blade comes up the back side, was that standard? Was there a factory cover for the blade in that area...

Has anyone used the Graco Jet Roller? It appears to be a good way to control overspray. If I don't get a good bid to paint my house, I am thinking of a Graco 395 and the jet roller, but I'd sure like to hear from anyone who has used it. Our house has its original cedar shakes, we've brush...

Hi, I just ran across this forum from a post on another forum. This looks like a fantastic site. I do a lot of my own maintenance on the cars, pickup, house, rental project house, motorcycle, lawnmowers, and Bobcat. Sometimes I just don't get much done because work has to come first. I have...