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Serious congrats. Those oldies are indeed goodies. I do love old iron. While I've refurbished, personally, I refuse to repaint. Most repaints: blech. Unnatural. They're like a good looking woman, aged well, who decides to have a bit of work done and then simply comes out looking a bit goofy...

I'm using Sweet Home 3D, started with it last week. A 2-car garage plus half bath, mudroom, and a 4-seasons type of living room on the 1st floor, an in-law suite or guest space on the second floor consisting of 1 BR with ensuite 3/4 bath, and a large open space with another 1/2 bath there. An...

Back in 1993 we moved into a lake cottage in WI. Small place, about 900sqft, with a 60A panel with screw fuses. Built around 1910. During our walk-through when I looked under the sink there was surface blackening on the outlet that powered the dishwasher and disposal. Neither worked. Outlet had...

Well, my apologies. Didn't think to do this before I posted, but I did an image search and the red drawered worktables came back as a Craftsman.

I have a few Kennedy's to show and a question to ask at the end: Right now this area is in transition, I'm moving everything around. These two will sit side-by-side like this and form the base of the outfeed table of my Unisaw, I'll use a single sheet of 3/4" melamine for the top. These hold...

Cutting them after installed? Use a circular saw with a ferrous blade. Any circular saw will do, does not have to be a 1750 saw. I had to cut 44 posts to height after install. I made a 6" long sleeve out of four pieces of 3/4" plywood. Screwed them together so the sleeve slid over the outside...

If grinding a lot or continuous for several minutes I prefer corded, even though the cord can get in the way. I have a mix of DW and MK corded grinders, maybe 8 total. Only maintenance I've ever had to do was replace brushes, and that's a one minute, one dollar repair. That's on the older tools...

Some good points have been brought up. There are still plenty of gaps for air to enter the cabinet. For the photo below I removed the blade tilt cover plate for photo recognition/orientation. I removed the zero clearance insert and shone a flashlight inside the cabinet. It shows there are gaps...

Do a search for "solar 12v battery charger", I have one similar to this one that I picked up several years ago. Mine looks slightly different due to age. I've used it on my tractor and my wife's car (seldom gets driven). I picked one up during COVID after my car battery died due to parasitic...

Is it simply the Fuel hammer drill that doesn't perform? I've had a Milwaukee heavy duty corded hammer drill for maybe 30 years. I've drilled well over a thousand holes in concrete with it, most have been tapcons. I think the largest diameter was 3/4" when I had to put 40 or 50 holes in the...

My wife has her business out of our basement, the floor is an epoxied concrete slab. Her space is 3'-4' wide walking aisles between and around several work stations. I measured the aisles and I bought a 51' length off a roll of whatever the heck it's called, the cushy underfoot stuff...

Some batteries lose a bit of their capacity after years of charging cycles. I can't speak to all brands, I only have Dewalt 20v and FLEX20 batteries, and Milwaukee 12/18v. Those two brands work well for me, I've never noticed a reduction in the performance of any of my batteries, and I've had...

From the "I Just Can't Leave Well Enough Alone" department, this just in: This is the only big hole left in the cabinet. I've seen a few things by others to try to cover that slot; brushes, sliding panels, etc. I figure over its life my contractor's saw probably spent 98% of the time with...

Are you against old equipment? If so, no worries, I understand wanting new. But I've picked up a few Baldors over the years at auction. Depends on the auction, but could be $80 to $150 if it includes a pedestal. I have a few of these 6"- 8" ($80-$110 range): Plus a buffer, this was at the high...

Bidspotter is the one I use. I also look on FBMP, but I buy more on Bidspotter. I had a line on a very nice Logan 2557 (12") with tooling, grandpa died and the lathe sat for 30 years. When Dad died, they were doing an estate sale on FBMP. Price was $1500, pretty good considering all the tooling...

I've picked up a few things at HF over the years, but my rule is that if it can fail and kill/maim me, no thanks. I use Walter cutoffs. Glad it's not worse, and I'm also glad I just bought a new full face shield with full shield frame last week! On occasion I feel like it's a bit much...

(Sort of) Buttoned things up today. Yesterday I drilled three screw holes through each of the two side flanges of the motor cover to match up wth the factory holes on the cabinet. My wife has a couple of large pieces of felt we use as a topper for a game board/puzzle. She had some scrap, I...

I have a set of the red handled Vessel through tang screwdrivers, I bought them maybe two years ago. They compliment the drawer of mix and match screwdrivers that I've accumulated over the years. I like the Vessel set quite a bit. Regardless of what you choose, I'd recommend a set of "JIS"...

Any afficionado clubs nearby? No location on your profile that I see but in my town we have a company that runs an old steam train and a large group of volunteers that find and restore train cars on the side rails as a hobby. Other than that, I'm with most everyone else. Steel plates under...