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Hard reboot - no. My elderly computer takes a looooonnnnggg time to boot up - 10 minutes sometimes (and this has increased over the years) so now I leave it on. Log in, log off - yes. Every time I leave the GJ site it logs me off. I log in again every time I return to the site. "reboot"...

First click, a right arrow appears just to the right of the left arrow, between it and the rest of the title bar. Second click, it goes back t the previous page. And it continues, even backing up several pages. Now it takes two clicks for every page. "Is ... a puzzlement" -Yul...

I've been on here for - well, a bunch of years. Suddenly, this week, in order to go back from wherever I am, I have to hit the back arrow twice. Same computer, same OS for at least a decade. Same browser (Firefox) since IE decided it didn't like me anymore at least 5 years ago. It always...

It's been a long time coming-- But I've added one of the elusive ones to my VeeGee collection. This little 11mm 6 point combo is actually a surgical instrument. Branded Synthes, it's made for use installing/adjusting artificial knees, hips, etc. The logo, just barely visible, is a line...

Here's the excuse you needed to buy a HarberFrieght 20Ton press! It'll make short work of straightening out those lead bars. And yeah, the big Parker is the prize of the lot:bowdown:

Worm vs sidewinder isn't the only choice. MOAO didn't like my normal blade-right sidewinder so I got her a mirror image. Yup, Porter-Cable makes the exact same saw in right and left-blade versions. Same price too!

off-fall had me momentarily confused too:lol_hitti

...and here I was hoping to see naughty knickers :sad:

Hey, Twertsy, your PM mailbox is full!

Searching for ToolArchives member RossF (capitalization uncertain). We briefly corresponded on TA back in mid- 2017 shortly before it crashed. It's back, but apparently the messaging isn't working. Hopefully someone here knows another way to contact him. He has (or at least did then) two...

Now that I've seen your later pix, I withdraw my opinion about the mounting bolt. I've never seen one with that slotted hole; now that I have, I agree it looks like the mounting hardware is original. Great find! Too bad about the cracked slide, but there are ways of dealing with it. Read up...

missed last year, but this year, I'm IN (If I'm not too late!!)

I started with a Taiwan 9x18, mostly because I got it essentially free - bought two damaged/returned units from local distributor, fixed them both, sold one for what I'd paid. That was in 1985, and I still have it and use it. Every time I get to wishing for a bigger/better lathe I look around...

Seems high to me, but then I'm not in NY. Condition is far from perfect, and you want to be certain you're getting all the parts of the swivel mount. It has the obsolete through-the-workbench mount, and I question whether that bolt is correct. The one example I have (a Yost) uses a rod...

Happy Thanksgiving, all! this year was a first - first time MOAO and I spent it without family. The way things are we just didn't want to chance a trip halfway across the country. now, garage content: I have this box - really more like a socket tray to go in a real toolbox. It's 18 x 3...

What a great collection! And the gray-green on the lefthand vise looks remarkably similar to the color many Craftsman c-clamps were painted. Could be a trick of the light, but it looks a lot closer than anything I've found. Care to share what brand/color it is? Thanks

Thanks, all! Now that I have all your tips, it's headslap time. I could have easily rigged a non-calibrated version of a mini protractor like RTM pointed out, and then measured it with my fullsize protractors! Finding a good picture should be much less of a challenge. edit: as in none at all...

thanks, Outlaw Yes I have both types of protractor (and others as well), but that's pretty irrelevant since I'll be cutting it on my lathe, using its scales (though I may do a sanity check too!). Is that 6 degrees the half-angle (deviation of one side of the taper from the axis) or the included...

I just got my biggest vise yet, a Prentiss 20. 4 1/2", 56 pounds! It's a double swivel, and the jaw swivel locking pin is missing. I can turn a new one, but not having an example to copy... I'd really appreciate it if someone who has one of these vises could post a good closeup photo of...

Thanks, LS - I checked that thread at some length, got some good info, but nothing specific to the taper. I'll try again And indeed I haven't posted much there because so many know so much more than I about vises!