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My wife bought me an "economical no-name" bore scope some years back. It works and has some nice lighting options/features, but the display is so grainy as to be near worthless. I don't need one often, but I believe they can save the day sometimes. Can anyone recommend a decent one for...

I have a couple Wards Powr Kraft, a 15/16 and 13/16, I acquired along with a toolbox (pic below) that I have no intention to collect the reminder of the set. I'd be willing to trade for other tools if anyone is willing to do some horse trading, perhaps some genuine Crescent adjustable wrenches.

I bought the same drill press, the Wilton 2550 and a vise, for $100 in 2020 from an ad on Craigslist just a couple miles from my house. The only issue was the belt tension mechanism had become dis-engaged, so I re-engaged the mechanism, tightened the set screws, put new belts on it and it's...

I've got the same sander, serial number 37.360, vintage 1945, that I inherited from my dad. Still use it all the time. Pics at: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/show-your-vintage-and-or-repulsion-induction-motors.472356/#post-9392903 Post #18

MrPete222 (Your Youtube shop teacher) has a video on making a set of jaw plates for this same vise from common materials. Check out part2, Part1 is worth watching also:

I'm partial to Cardinal Speedvises, have a 3in, a 4in and two 6in. If the Cardinal doesn't have any through-holes in the base plate, you can make it look new again by flipping that base plate over. If it does have through-holes you can easily fabricate a new one from 3/8in cold rolled plate...

Check out Hammerscale, they deal in old Delta drill presses, sales and service. https://www.hammerscale.com/

Yup, that was a snag!

Might be a better question asked at: 1920-60s DELTA / ROCKWELL picture thread - Post your Delta! On this same forum. There is a lot of activity in that thread and a few experts on such subjects.

That's what is otherwise known as a "snag"! https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/what-are-your-favorite-snags-on-fb-marketplace-or-craigslist.549294/

I'm 6 foot and I had no issue reaching the drawbar on my 1967 Bridgeport, but when I replaced it with a new Acer eMill as a retirement gift to myself 9 years ago there was no way I could reach the drawbar without a step stool. Then, fearing a misstep on/off the step stool I bought a power...

I used to laugh at all "those people" who collected vises. While tidying up the shop the other day I realized I'm working on quite the collection my own self. :) You may have noticed I'm partial to Cardinal Speedvises. One of my 6inchers isn't in the photo. The middle 4in Speedvise I inherited...

Took a fresh pic of my 54yr old SK 1/4in set with all the correct pieces as far as I can remember. The thing is that all the sockets are contained with semi-circular constraints (see pic below). This has always kept them from rattling around in the box. I'd like to recreate it with a 3D printed...

Genuine article here...

I bought this 1/4" drive set at the local hardware store in 1971. Still have it and use it regularly. The Jensen ratchet made it into the box mistakenly but I still have the original ratchet. IIRC the universal was not in the original set, but a long extension was. I'm sure I still have that...

I have a Mr. Cool air conditioner only that I installed myself. Works good for air conditioning but not so much for dehumidification. Lowest humidity I've been able to get to is 65%. May install a dehumidifier.

Don't know about motors and stands. You know how to look up the manufacture date of your sander correct? Go to https://www.owwm.org/ and check your serial number (or post your question). A lot of good info there. Try to find a dust chute for your sander. They throw off a lot of dust. Some wood...

Your motor is newer than mine, but I've got the same sander with the same stand, vintage 1945, inherited from my dad, and still use it frequently. Pics of my resto project posted elsewhere in this thread.

I don't know what your width is on the angle iron "feet" but if the width corresponds with the width of a pallet jack simply add 4x4's to the bottom of the angle iron "feet". Of course it will raise the height by 3-1/2in. But it makes an opportunity to widen the vase also. I'm doing something...

I found another Youtube video describing a fix for these lift tables that seemed to "ring true" for me (link below). He claims the bleeding procedure in the manual is dead wrong. I tried his procedure except for adding any more oil. And it seemed to work so far. It didn't leak down over...