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Found my next project today. The swap meet was a bust but a yardsale on the way home provided some gold. A Kalamazoo belt sander with Baldor motor. Works, and runs smooth and quiet, but needs a new wheel. Paid $5.

I will post some links. Both came from Amazon. Hose Wire Mesh The hose is very thick and hard to work with, but should last for a long time. The wore mesh is held on by magnets. Its a little hard to see through until the light is on but works good.

I will be heading to the Springfield Swap Meet tomorrow. Hopefully I can find more things to tinker on in the garage.

This is just how my grandpa left it. It still has all his notes written on it like what pil filters his truck needed, and phone numbers of possible guns or tractors for sale. 😃 I agree though, once I get my new shop, this one will be refinished on the inside and used for parking. But there...

This is the only picture I have currently showing the dust collection bag. It is a bit short for my unit so I have it sitting on top of a bucket.

Next up was to order some new parts. I upgraded all hoses to the largest I could. I also used high flow fittings at every connection. The original hoses were 1/4" and 3/8" for the most part. I upgraded everything to 1/2". I also replaced the old regulator and with a newer higher quality...

Yes, we did. Thanks again for your help on this project.

I am at work so I can only post things when nobody is looking but I will see what I can do. Edit - I looked through my pictures and do not have any good ones that show that. I will try to get some when I get home.

First order of business was removing old gloves, hoses, regulator, pneumatic, and all the unnecessary and broken parts. And then filling in all the holes. I want to preface this by saying, im not a body guy, or even pretend to be one, but, I never expected this thing to look new anyway, i was...

More before pics. *before unloading it, while it was on its back, I added casters so I could move it around my shop as needed. One big bonus, the casters raised the cabinet up to a height i dont have to bend over at all to use, since my back always hurts and im pretty tall, this is now perfect.

My next project, which technically came before the torpedo toolbox, and was actually instrumental in restoring said toolbox. I have been wanting a blast cabinet for years. I am lucky to have one at work I can sneak things in before anybody shows up, but ive used it enough to justify having one...

Thank you for the compliment. Coming from you, that means alot.

No kidding. Unless a set falls in my lap, I am ok with it being an empty box.

Thank you

I only knew what it was because of this forum. Blackhawk seems to be pretty collectible....or atleast that is what I tell my wife when I have her go to yard sales to get me rusty toolboxes.

I just posted this in a thread I started for my random projects, but after a few years of dragging my feet, I finally finished the restoration of my Nugget Toolbox. You can see more details here.

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After doing a bit of polishing to the handle and smoothing the edges a bit, it is finished! I don't know why the handle looks fake in this picture, I promise it is real. *ignore the screws, they were the only ones I had on hand at the time.

I have been here for a while, but have never had an all in one project thread. I have been doing several projects lately, so figured now would be a good time to make one. I will start with the most recent project I finished up. Blackhawk Nugget Toolbox - I picked up this box (actually my...

Sorry, I just saw activity in this thread. I wound up using electrical tape temporarily to hold the cover on so I could test the compressor, and actually forgot about it, and it has been holding the cover on ever since. I like the wood idea and may look into doing that. I was also considering...