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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Well not today but last night unloaded the new to me drill press from recent auction. Now have to ponder the work space rearranging to make this fit. But first have to replace a tube in the lawn tractor front tire Edit. Not sure what is happening with pic. Resized it to well under a meg. Well...
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    Getting my nuts and bolts organized

    ^^^^oh I get it as have done the same over many years. I especially like finding a sale from older fart than me property and getting his hardware horde cheap from his heirs. Just a reminder that others have desires to git er done now and so bargain hunting for years is not pleasurable or even...
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    Getting my nuts and bolts organized

    Bin cups are almost a buck a piece these days. That picture alone has maybe $30-$35 in plastic bins for that one level of drawers. Multiply that by 10 or 12 x $30 for a whole cabinet and into some dollars. Again that's for buying new so maybe could do better in some used sale. Just a reality...
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    Getting my nuts and bolts organized

    Unfortunately others have caught on to this tactic and when the odd business has an auction the old card file and small drawer cabinets used for hardware always seem to go for at least $100-$200. Sure the old homeowner or executors of an estate that just wanna get rid of stuff cheap can give a...
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    Sign Letter from the late 60s-early 70s help

    3D printing probably a good solution. To try to come up with something close in fonts might try to contact the Hamilton Type museum. Of course they are old school and do stuff in wood but they might have examples of fonts saved in digital format. Sure there is some link to contact them when...
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    I have found a monster Quincy 350 air compressor with 120 gallon tank.. But it is in a really tough place to get to. No way for tractor, any ideas?

    More questions since can't see in pic. How is it sitting on ground. Just the legs to the gravel or if on 4 x 4 's running lengthwise that would help a lot with putting some pipes underneath to help roll with some kind of pulling with a winch. Figure without the motor what you have left is still...
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    I have found a monster Quincy 350 air compressor with 120 gallon tank.. But it is in a really tough place to get to. No way for tractor, any ideas?

    Missed the pump weighs 500 lbs all by itself. Got access to a cherry picker engine hoist to pull pump off? If you get on a bit of uneven ground that pump is gonna make things a bit top heavy even with a horizontal tank I moved an old champion 80 gal unit on a platform truck from the basement of...
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    I have found a monster Quincy 350 air compressor with 120 gallon tank.. But it is in a really tough place to get to. No way for tractor, any ideas?

    Little more description of the site and ground conditions would help others with their advice. Is it on some sort of pad and has sidewalk/concrete to roll whatever cart you come up with. If part of the travel is over lawn would consider putting down some planks or 3/4" plywood to roll over...
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    Building a work bench

    As pics above show boxing in a frame, much like kitchen countertops with drawers and cabinets below can stiffen up a long surface. If you want open space below that long top remember that deflection equations use the unsupported length cubed (L x L x L) as part of the math. A 7 ft top supported...
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    Need advise...Morgan 4" or Rock Island 4"???

    Ok now with more detailed info on the Morgan. A swivel jaw is gonna be a bit more rare and worth more money than plain Jane one. A 345 model would also indicate that it is a 4.5" wide jaw. So will revise my comment and say that $200 is not out of line. But if the OP does not expect to really...
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    Need advise...Morgan 4" or Rock Island 4"???

    $200 for a Morgan, and a 4" at that seems a bit high. Assume this is for an older one that has some use and wear showing. And I have a soft spot for Morgans since made in upper Midwest and you can even still buy a new one (ok not for $200) made in USA. Even got a tour of their facility when I...
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    Building a work bench

    Have a heavy 3 x 7 ft metal clad solid core commercial fire rated door made into a bench. The end H frames from 2" x 2" x 1/8" tube are plenty strong. But the 7ft dimension is a long enough span to need something substantial to frame the top. I used 3" C channel and not good enough. Have a very...
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    Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do

    Actually found pic with same number of drawers as mine
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    Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do

    Yes looks very close. The knobs used to unlatch the tray to open are different but still like twins Any numbers or stamping on the sides of the slides? Or a good pic to compare. I found pics of a cabinet with a General Fireproofing tag that matched mine to a T but a couple less layers of...
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    What are you storing your circular saws In?

    ^^^ luv them things as can be cheap to buy but can handle some weight. Mine is actually a bolt bin these days
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    What are you storing your circular saws In?

    Similar. Have a couple of those narrow file cabinets stacked on top of each other in a corner. The larger drawer holds a circular saw nicely and the sliding divider is positioned in front to hold different blades vertical. These cabinets were cheap to buy used and mine are from one of the better...
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    Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do

    Came with the cabinet. It's a Fastenal magnetic holder of some sort so move it where you want. I will probably move to some other surface at some point when I want to jam something else in that space next to my cabinet. But my wood stove is close by so have to keep that in mind and this works...
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    Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do

    Drawers are interchangeable. The slide frame/tray which holds them makes you pull left and right open at same time but you can lift each out independently. The tray does not have to be open to slide them back in and a little spring latch clicks them in place. When lifting out, you get the front...
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