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I am in the process of getting ready to do a rebuild on what I believe to be a Craftsman 101.03580 bench top drill press. Currently the drill press is a little slow to start and has a lot of runout on both the motor spindle and the drill spindle, so I am going to replace bearings on both the...

I am in the process of ripping down an older Delta Rockwell 17-600 17" drill press which has significant run-out on the spindle. The quill is very smooth and after removing the pulley and the chuck, I can feel a few flat spots in the bearings between the quill and spindle. My question is how...

I have a US General 72" tool chest from Harbor Freight. I don't know the actual full weight of the chest as of yet, but I would estimate that when I have it filled, it will be over 5000lbs including the weight of the chest itself. I want to build a steel pallet or forking cradle / skid that I...

Its been a few years since I've been in the electrical field... almost a decade come to think of it, so I am hoping some people a little more current on what device solutions are currently available could weigh in on a new project. Just picked up a new tool box, however, it doesn't have a...

So I finally bit the bullet, gave up my day jobs, enrolled in a A&P program and moved to a new city, now on to prepping for school in the coming weeks. I have a lot of tools, mostly geared toward the electrical fields (Klein, Greenlee, Fluke, etc.) but could use some advice on QUALITY tools...

A few months ago, Cgrutt contacted me about gifting me their vintage Skil 534 sidewinder saw so that I could give it a proper restoration. I finally got the time this week to rip it down, clean it up, give it a nice new coat of paint and put it back together. The saw was actually in pretty...

A few months ago I picked up a vintage Montgomery Ward Power-Kraft TPC-8937A power planer. The planer has a 3-1/16" cutterhead and a 7.0 amp motor. When I purchased the planer, it was in pretty rough shape. Before The power cord and strain relief for the planer were both severely rotted, in...

I am looking at restoring a vintage planer for a gift for a friend's birthday, but am trying to keep within my gifting budget. I would love to restore a Skil 100 or Rockwell 653 Versa Planer, however, Skil planers are hard to come by, even in rough shape, for less than $250~$600 and most...

I am looking at restoring a Rockwell 653 planer for a friend's upcoming birthday, however, the one I have found for the project has Rockwell's classic grey tool enamel paint which I would like to strip and then polish. I wanted to pick your brains as to the best way of stripping the paint...

I recently picked up a Ridgid 200 powerhead on the cheap and am looking to do a full restoration on it to bring it back to a reliable state. Its been put through its paces over the years but is fully intact and overall seems to be in pretty good condition beneath the grease, oil and dirt. I...

I am in the process of looking at building a mixed commercial /residential building, half of which I hope to rent out as a commercial / light industrial space and the other half which I want to have split level, with the lower section being divided up into two sections, 1/2 being my private shop...

I have an older compressor from the late 80's that has been put through its paces and is definitely ready for a rebuild if I can track down the parts. The pump and motor are off of a Industrial Air brand compressor, however, the tank rotted out years ago and has since been replaced, hence the...

I picked this old vise up a couple of years ago and am curious if anyone here might be able to identify it. It has a nameplate on it, but everything is completely gone on the plate. It looks to be covered in bondo or something similar. I am not sure if this was done in the factory to hide...

While working on restoring my Rockwell planer, I ran into a bit of difficulty in removing the pulleys from the planer and wanted to inquire if there was a 'correct' way or specialty tool to remove the pulleys. The pulleys were splined for the belt, were smooth and round at the bottom of the...

I picked up a Rockwell 653 Versa Plane 10A 3" hand planer with a carbide spiral cutter head a few months and finally got all of the parts in for me to restore it yesterday. I replaced all of the bearings, belt, cord, brush caps, replaced all of the screws with stainless, cleaned the housing...

My most recent of restorations, a vintage blue label Skil 77 7-1/4" worm drive saw, era 1942~1948. Everything says that the saw is 1942, however, the guard lever was generally not found until the end of the blue label series / beginning of the first generation black & orange label saws (1950's)...

Over the last couple of years, I have started acquiring a variety of older / vintage Skil tools. My first tool was a blue label Skil 127 12" wormdrive saw which I picked up more as a conversation piece originally due to its massive saw, but once it was in my hands, I truly admired the beauty and...