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Lots of Insulation Posts this time of year, but none of the previous ones I've read really answered my questions, so please bear with me. I have a 24'/24' detached shop with steel siding and only one small window. Garage door is a 17'x7 and has the foam core construction. I'm currently...

Hi All: This will be a long post that I've edited down about as far as I can, so bear with me. I've been reading through many of the insulation/vapor barrier threads and learned a lot from them, but I still have some questions that here to fore, haven't dealt with my specific situation.. I...

I have both a healthy and a less than healthy Bosch 1587AVS jigsaw and the less than healthy one runs, but the variable speed feature ceases to be found, regardless of whether the built in trigger dial is set at A,B,C,D, or E. It will run at D and E, but not the other slower settings. Even at...

I have acquired two sets of the 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2" drive Craftsman ratchets that were supposedly only manufactured in 1986 and 1987. O ne set has the number "7" stamped in the plastic handles and the other set has a "B" stamped on them. PArt numbers are the same on the respective drives. I'm...

Hi folks, needing some practical advice on refurbishing my workshop so that it isn't so drafty in the dead of winter. I'm removing my Defiance wood stove since I'm getting too old (and lazy) to split and cut firewood. Would have to run an underground natural gas pepe from some location and not...

I havce been using a small 5kw Dayton e;ectroc heater in mny 24x28' shop in NE Iowa for many years and it works fine down to about 20 degrees. I fire up the wood stove when it gets vcolder. It will burn up about $90/mo in electricity if it runs 24/7. Thewrre are times whe n it gets the shop...

Hi: My first post on the heater forum as I've been using a wood stove for the cold months and a 5kw 220 electric Dayton for the mildly cold months. 24x28 outbuilding that does get drafty when the cold winds blow. I bought this Dayton furnace and it well might be too much btu for my shop, so...

Was wondering if any of the tool gurus knew of the MIDCO tool Co.? Doesn't say Made In USA, but it does have a small triangle stamped on it making me think it mightve been part of that Delta group that bought up Herbrand and Bonney and Cooper tools back in the day. It certainly appears to be...

Bought this vise at a yard sale for $5 and can't find anything out about it on the internet. Could this be some sort of CNC based experiment? None for sale on ebay and although it's not cast iron (regular steel) and no removable jaws and not all that heavy duty. Good small vise for a homeowner...

I've scored a few Columbian Bench Vises over the years and people give me too much money for them and I sell them, but this one my wife found at a Quad Cities Estate sale this weekend appears to be older than my previous finds. The flat metal crank is one difference and the fact that the...

I coveted this thing ever since it showed up on the auctioneer's website photo gallery and when I went to to a "preview" the day before, I couldn't find it. We went through the photo gallery again and one of the assistants knew right where it was.....buried under 3 other tool boxes. I was glad...

Found this in either an auction beer flat or a flea market(doesn't matter really does it??) and posted it on the Facebook Antique tools page and no one has come up with a definitive answer. AdamO from the Craftman community forum thinks it's a metric table saw wrench. It certainly has that...

With SK fading in the twilight as a manufacturer of tols these days, Iwas wondering if anyone had a timeline on the various logos of these brands? I know the SK Wayne stuff was 60's to early 70's but not sure where the SK-tools logo fit in. much less all the horizontal diamonds and other...

This driver handle showed up in a small SK 1/4" drive set at a yard sale a few months ago and it's definitely not SK stuff. It looks a lot like the Plomb driver in both handle color and both have the female end on top. The font of the lettering is similar to the Plomb/Proto line too. I was...

Originally found this in a box with nothing but Thorsen tools, so I asumed it was a Thorsen. After looking it over a little closer, I found NO markings on it all, and didn't want to shave off the Tootsie roll just in case that was going to be the only clue as to who made it. The pear head...

Hi: I'm a newbie to the electrical side of GJ, but a neighbor gave me some connectors since he was moving to an apartment and didn't need/have sp[ace for them. I fgo to look up their part numbers on the internet and only one company seems to sell them, a Galco.com aout of MI. The retail price...

This model is the smaller 3/8" drive that reads up to about 250 inch pounds. Bought it at a yard sale and now I understand why it was only $8..... the problem is that the outside jam nut that holds the handle flush up against the internal jam nut is loose and the handle won't adjust the readings...

Found a cool old tool box at a pawn shop in Farmington MO a week or so ago and wondered if any of you box gurus could look at the features and tell me who made it? It does have the round corners on the bottom, but the handle is metal, not leather. The definition in the lid may be one clue, as...

I have both the translucent green/white and the opaque green-handled SK screwdrivers and was wondering which was the older of the two. Hard to tell from looking at ebay ads and AA was no help and I don't have any SK catalogs. They also have some black/yellow ones, but have come up empty on...