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Bought an auction lathe last fall that I finally got a chance to inventory and found this Swedish beauty. Got any oddballs to share that might be new to the rest of us?

...but I cannot figure out where the factory switch is supposed to be on this Sioux valve grinder. I picked up an old Sioux valve grinder at the local consignment sale a couple of weeks ago. I'm working on some garden tractors with Onan engines in them and a tool to refurbish valves is cheaper...

My wrench holder for my metric ratcheting wrenches is loaded from 6 to 19 by 1mm increments. There are two more spaces on the top end. Knowing that not all metric sizes are actually useful, what two sizes would you purchase to fill that up?

Built super heavy with a 1 inch thick blanchard ground top. Originally an automation cell base. Plenty of threaded holes in the table to use to fixture and heavy bosses in the sides to clamp to as well. Measures about 35 x 36 and 33 inches tall.

Google and Amazon seem to be failing me. I'm looking for some kind of a wire brush that would have a hole in the center to accommodate the 5/16 threaded stud and clean the flat section of the terminal where the battery cables touch when secured.

I have a Shop Vac project I am working on that had been deemed scrap. It may or may not have been disassembled and diagnosed in order to make that determination. I took a look at it today and the motor doesn't spin. I verified that the cord and DPST switch are good. The motor appears to be...

I picked up a pallet of used motors because I needed a specific one of them for my brake lathe. Before posting the extras up for sale I am verifying that they run. One of the motors is a Gould Century 6-350468-40 which is a 10HP motor on 200-230V single phase. The wiring diagram shows me most...

This red piece came along with all the adapters on a Procut brake lathe that I bought. It's Larin or Harbor Freight red in color, appears to slide onto a square post of some kind and has a through hole with a welded on nut for a cross bolt to hold it on.

I imagine I am not alone in this. I keep my eye on the local consignment sales and every now and then an intriguing tool catches my eye. In most cases I don't need said tool but if it happened to be a good deal I might snag it anyway on principle. This could be anything from a trash pump to a...

I picked up an 8 inch vise at the local consignment sale for cheap enough. I noticed it was a Klutch branded vise and I've had decent luck with Northern Tool in the past so here we are. When I picked it up it was lighter built than I'd expected and I noticed it was missing a jaw. Not a big...

I'm way too cheap to throw out all the old spray paint that I have that has separated. I've been looking at spray can shakers and while they get the job done I kind of want a solution that I can turn on and walk away for 20 minutes or so. The reciprocating saw attachments don't do that and the...

I finally jumped into the parallel clamp world with this deal. Woot is an Amazon company and if you have Prime you will get free shipping. These have great reviews. You are allowed to purchase up to 3 (6 clamps total)...

My dad was a woodworker all his life. Self-taught in most things after getting the basics from a grandpa that was a plywood knick knack shelf kind of guy. I learned from him growing up and spent countless hours on 4-H projects. I still enjoy it but haven't given it much time lately. For my...

One of my future projects is going to be a heavy duty wrecker style attachment to lift the front axle and tow garden tractors and riding mowers. The lift arm is likely to be something like 2" rectangular tubing. In the interest of saving time I'm thinking about purchasing the hinge that I will...

I'm working on straightening the lid of a cedar chest that my dad had made for my sister back in 1991. He used red elm and the top panel cupped and broke off the ribbon around the edge. Then teenage me sat on the lid and broke the back hinge mount off from the leverage. It is time to remedy...

I've always used the cheap metal cased battery terminal brushes and I think I am done with them. The female sections usually bend the wires within the first few uses or even come out and in some cases the male section doesn't even fit well in the battery cable. I've also had the male section...

I am working on a basket case John Deere 318. It was supposed to run great but it just wouldn't start. It looked like a fuel pump issue as it would not pump fuel. I bypassed that issue with an electric fuel pump and it ran but with no power. Upon a closer inspection, a rod had shattered from...

I live in a single story ranch home with a completely finished basement. The basement is accessed by an open stairwell in the living room. The majority of the heat of the basement comes from a couple of electric wall heaters but there are also two ceiling mounted drops in the open family room...

We have this kit at work for dash size o rings and it works well for us. I've tasked myself with finding a similar kit in metric sizes and I am coming up blank. Most have significantly fewer options than the 150 sizes we have in dash sizes and don't even get me started on the "metric" kits...

I've been tasked with helping to build a load tester for the PLC batteries in the take out robots in our manufacturing facility. The robots use a 3.6v OSA316 lithium battery. The plan is to make a tester with a simple analog voltmeter and an incandescent bulb (or other load) in series. We...