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Somewhere I have a picture of a friend and me holding a Squirrel adjustable and a Moose prybar at the corner of Moose St. and Squirrel Ave. in Banff. Really! In the middle of winter.

Right. Not to be confused with early attempts where the socket is rotated with an Allen wrench, or sliding T-Bar.

In addition to yours, I have an 18... oops, no 20. Should I get a 20" too?

Much has been written about Evaporust pro and con. I tried it with a small amount- a quart, I think, and was pleased with the results, though I didn't think it lived up to its press. Pretty darn expensive, too. But, a project (aka "fool's errand") arose that I thought Evap would be the best...

Very nice vise - I have one essentially identical, but Columbian branded-used it a ton for over 30 years. Very much worth the effort to restore!

Preventing flash rusting right after coming out of the e-tank can be largely prevented by blowing it dry with an air hose. I start by blowing out any holes, then the larger flat areas. Not perfect, but it really helps a lot. Depending on what's going to be done to it next, a mist of WD40 will...

Central Rail Road??

Thanks for all the great suggestions! Years later, my HF changer remains bolted down outdoors right where I used it for the original project. I reinforced the bead breaker arms as they started bending almost immediately. Other than that, the only mod I made was turning some flanges to allow...

OK, makes perfect sense. In the "no accounting for taste" department I kind of like the coloration from heat treating sometimes seen - it screams, I'm Hard!!

It's Ridgid. Misspelled on purpose, a play on the company name, Ridge Tool Co.

Procedural question for Maul - Seems to me easier to mill or grind the crosshatch on the jaws first, then heat treat. Any reason you did it the opposite? P.S. you do ****!

Hit up an estate sale this morning- there was a 5-drawer cabinet I thought looked interesting, but there was nothing in the picture to give a sense of scale. I thought it looked like maybe a little side chest for a big tool chest. I wouldn't be interested in that, but I went anyway. It turned...

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How true! The fact that it was not branded at all during manufacture makes it a new brand: bar none! (clutching at straws here - I haven't found a new brand in a couple of years)

Nice vise - MOAO had one of these -same size and all- when we met. It was one of the things that attracted me to her. Half a century later, she still has both!

Last week, I went to the ReStore and donated about 20 pounds of sockets (all Taiwan, SriLanka etc.) Nicely necklaced up on 12ga wire- makes me feel sooo green not to ashcan them. Then to the nearby recycling place to dump a big trashcan of circuit boards. This chip shortage must be for real-...

I thought the Shocking! glyph would make that clear. Clearly, not. Let's see... IT'S A JOKE!! ...then, there's the theory that if you need to say it's a joke, it isn't really.

But, it's Alternating Current - both wires are positive and negative so it doesn't matter which goes where.:shocking:

Almost a bust this weekend. Saturday I tried for a 3/4" thick glass dining table, but it went in the first 30 seconds. I wouldn't have paid full price anyway. Consoled myself with an unopened gallon of Evaporust for $6, passed on the unopened quart for $4!! WTF??