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This originally was in the trunk of a car,the owner said,”You can take it or it go into the junk pile.” So naturally I took it home.The base and table didn’t come with it but I found them for sale and made it a full drill press again.Motor works,spindle is good. After some more work and maybe an...

This beautiful piece of old American made machinery was left at the transfer station scrap metal bin. I loaded it up and brought it to its new home in my garage. The spindle bearings are very good and the blades are still sharp. A little cleaning and a new motor and it will be back in use. I’m...

I rescued this from the scrap pile. Warner electroplating power source. It came with all the attachments and original manuals along with instructions for bronzing baby shoes and other items. The guy dropping it off said it worked last time he used it(40 years ago)so I will be investigating its...

Never came across a hack saw this size before. I’m wondering if it was a bone saw for butchering? It’s interesting.

Went to the transfer station to drop off the household trash and saw this height gauge that was dropped off at the scrap metal dumpster. It wasn’t damaged and after replacing the battery it works perfectly. Some people throw out some good stuff.

This little alcohol heater,made in Dresden Germany was among the items I found in my Kennedy tool box I bought.

Stopped at an estate sale today and found this beautiful Kennedy tool box from the red paint era. I wasn’t very interested in the tools,just the box.The guy said 40 dollars and you can do what you want with the tools.I paid him the money and after getting it home and emptying it I am glad I got...

Picked this up the other day,after brushing the lettering it read USMC,which in this case stands for United Shoe Machinery Corporation. It’s a trimming tool used to cut pieces of leather trim in shoe making production. Some say it makes a good wood working tool,I intend to find out.

I’m a hobby machinist and I like acquiring older tooling for my garage shop. These two chucks,a Cushman 3 jaw and a South Bend/Skinner 4 jaw independent came home with me the other day.They will be added to the tooling for my South Bend heavy ten. Both are in good working order although I have...

Picked up two Rockwell heavy duty fastener driver drills,two Rockwell 100m routers and a Black and Decker 454 3 inch belt sander. All were dropped off at the scrap metal bin at the transfer station. The all work.

This Pratt and Whitney cast iron machinist level was added to my garage inventory today. It came from an estate sale. I need a good level to check my lathe and milling machine and this will fit the bill.

Answered an ad on FB marketplace for a picture frame clamp,it was just in the next town and the price was Free.

Acquired a cast iron surface plate,12x12 inch recently scraped and flaked. I like the capacity to set a magnet indicator base on the surface plate when using it.

Bought a Kennedy tool box and among the things inside were these welcome additions to my garage shop.

Found this in a Kennedy tool box I bought recently. There was a large cross section of tools and items in it. This is one that had my perplexed. Google says it’s a key and I suppose it is but I’ve never seen anything like this before. It has what looks like threads on it but it’s flat. Any ideas?

Answered a FB marketplace ad for a Kennedy tool box and contents today. Included was an old tapping head,a Dorman tapping head.More a conversation piece than anything else.An Angle block. A bunch of micrometers and some depth gages and circle cutters,a crate full of pipe and regular dies and...

purchased an old Rockwell belt sander today. Just down the road from my house and the price was very good. 100$ and now I have my long sought after Rockwell belt sander.

I picked up a gyro vise free,the only issue is the swivel lock is missing. Searches come up empty on any for sale so I will have to make one. Does anyone have this part and can you give me measurements? I could make something without them but it would go quicker if I had dimensions to work with.

My recent tool box find had some interesting tooling in it. This little gem was still in the original Montgomery ward box. The instructions were also included. I've never seen one of these before,thought you might like a look.

I just joined garage journal. Built my garage 4 years ago and put up the biggest building I could only to fi d it needed to be bigger.