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That's a tough one. Like many other retail chains of the day, Wards did not make its own tools and equipment. If the original manufacturer of the motor can be determined, that might be a help. Perhaps a search for a serial number of the same format or a similar model number could ferret...

If you've had the set that long, and its specific configuration has served you well, I'd repair the case. Of course, I'm an old timer raised in the days when you threw nothing out--everything was repaired if at all possible, so my first thought on everything is repair it. There are small...

I found this wrench online at ToolSource, super thin 7/8 x 15/16 open end: https://www.toolsource.com/individual-c-194_224_226_661_665/combination-super-thin-wrench-78-x-1516-p-139062.html According to the mfr's website, it is 3.85mm thick, which is slightly more than 1/8" but less than 3/16...

The Vaco version doesn't seem to have the fat rubber grip of the Klein version, if that's helpful. It's also supplied by Klein Tools, so maybe the tips are the same?

Can you post a photo of the socket you're asking about?

The Guide Blocks I decided to use the Olson Cool Blocks #CB5000BL designed for the 14" Delta saw. The three rectangular guides are correct replacements, but the diagonal block for the lower right is different. The original was a 1/2 square cross section, but the Delta is 1/2" wide by 3/8" high...

UPDATES I finally got this 912 refurb complete and have some time to write about the results. First, the bearings, as per my previous post. See the attached photos that illustrate what the problem is with the side faces or shoulders of the modern bearings. Figure 1 shows the problem. On the...

With cheater pipe force, the weakest link on the sliding T is the bar itself, which can more easily bend because of its smaller diameter. Rooting through old tools at yard sales for years, I've seen my share of sliding T style drive tools with bent bars. Doesn't mean that the same force might...

I just went through this same situation myself with a 1950s Atlas 912 12" bench model. Selecting a blade can be subjective. Sounds like you have the general idea about the narrower the blade, the tighter radius you can cut. 3/4" is good for resawing, which I don't do. 3/8" is the general...

Lots of good suggestions, thanks. Can any of you good folks comment on how much striking force it takes to engage the inner cams on the units you favor? As I mentioned, the ones I have need heavy mallet + gorilla force to engage. It can't be like John Henry driving railroad spikes like the...

I'm looking for some reasonably priced recommendations for a manual hand impact driver, one with a 3/8" drive stud and another in 1/2" drive (or I could use one with a drive adapter). I have a 3/8 and 1/2 I obtained at a yard sale a while back that have a "No. 2500" on both (no brand or COO)...

To help in the search, use the term "gas lift" cylinder. I use to work in the office furniture industry, and think that the office furniture category will be your best bet since that's where the bulk of gas lift chairs are sold. Since it's a Craftsman, the size is probably not proprietary, but...

Yes, you never know what a chart's final design needs to be until you have all the possible entries (if and when you might arrive at a complete list). For your Craftsman 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2, you have the original model numbers, but are missing the Craftsman "QR2" RHFT model numbers introduced in...

I'm sure as a collector you're not going to stop looking anyway, and that's a good thing. I can recount numerous instances where the "experts" declared an artifact as non-existent because none had ever personally seen one before, and then BOOM, there it is. I even got tagged myself on this when...

I personally don't know. However, based on the available evidence with these contract-branded RHFT ratchets, these other non-Craftsman brands seemed to have taken on the entire RHFT ratchet line that was being produced by Danaher for Craftsman, so I suspect there is also a long handle 1/2 Master...

I started a forum thread awhile ago asking about this subject when my old ShopVac was giving me problems. The general overall consensus was to go with Ridgid brand--lots of folks liked them the best for reasonably priced units.

The original "master" list that was kept most active and up-to-date by Lauver was on the Garage Gazette forum. The GJ version kind of played second fiddle to the GG version, so the GG version was always more up to date (I think the last GJ update by Lauver was 2015--I can't find any later posts...

Pre-1969 ratchet (no model number). Lots of people call that a "flying V" rathcet, but the official Craftsman name for the selector was "butterfly" if that might help at all, which I seem to recall was introduced in 1959, so any kit 1959-1968 will fit.

Do a GJ search on the word SORDID in the title only, and you'll find it. I didn't want to post the link here because I don't want to turn this thread into "my thread, part 2."

Correct. It was son Eric Smidt who moved his father away from the telemarketing model. They began selling to the general public, first with thin mail order catalogs printed on newspaper stock (I believe they first distributed them as advertising inserts in newspapers). They even diversified into...