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Found this at a friend's antique shop in a pile of old tools. I had to have it just because I have no clue what it's for. Not like anything I've seen before and I have a bunch of oddball stuff including clutch point screwdrivers for working on old Chevrolets. The only markings at all is 5/32...

Nothing that's gonna make me rich but I thought it was cool for a buck and I would never have known what the prefix on the part number meant if I hadn't read a thread on here awhile back. Plomb WF-102 ignition wrench. 7/16 on both ends. I knew from that thread that the "WF" stood for Wright...

Poking around the barter section on craigslist today. Ended up with an Astro Power Mig 110 that I swapped a Turkish Mauser rifle I bought a few years back for $99. Been wanting an inexpensive welder to learn on and I know enough to know that gas is better than flux core. The welder needs the gas...

Wife asks me the other day why I don't spend more time in the new garage now that it's finished. Well lemme think on that. The 67 Camaro is done, the bikes only need minor tinkering and I need something else to occupy my time. That's how it starts.... I was born in 56 and even though I've built...

Got a Hazet sparkplug socket I bought off one of the tool trucks a few years back that I really like. The type with a magnet inside to hold the sparkplug rather than the old hokey foam rubber sleeve that would always get oil soaked and fall apart after a few months. But.. the magnet has broken &...

Messing with the idea of putting together a Model A tool kit just for display purposes. I have all the wrenches, the tire guage, jack, monkey wrench & grease gun. Need the correct brass tire pump with the Ford script on the "foot". They are on Ebay from time to time but I'm a cheap old bastid...

Here's a shot in the dark. I collect old automobile & motorcycle manufacturer marked tools. Also tools marked with railroad ownership markings. I have a large assortment of extra license plates to offer in trade. I also have a couple Ford marked wrenches that are doubles to my collection. About...

Getting ready to make my connection from the house to the garage sub panel. I have already learned that I should not have the neutral and the ground tied together in the sub panel. Got a seperate grounding bar and installed it in the box and threw the green screw that came with the box into the...

First off I already tried doind a search and it only confused me more. Searching for things like "sub panel wiring" results in hundreds of threads that don't answer my simple question. So please bare with me and give me a simple laymans answer to my question. I have a 4 wire feeder wire coming...

Question for you guys who are good with electric motors. I have an older Craftsman bench grinder that I've had for many years. It works fine other than the fact that every time I turn it on I have to give it a spin by hand to get it going. I'm sure it's something simple. Is there something...

Since I am finally getting my 30x40 garage that I've been planning for 2 years I thought it was only fair that the wife got her own space. A little background. When we moved from NH a year and a half ago we moved from a large 2 story 3 bedroom farmhouse with a 3 bay garage and a large barn to a...

Does anyone know where I can buy 3 of the Green porcelain barn style lights to go on the outside of my garage without breaking the bank ? I can find plenty for $150 each & up but was hoping someone knew of a more reasonable source.

I can finally report that work has begun today. After several weeks of nothing but either rain or snow here in East Tennessee the ground is dry enough to begin work. This will be my build thread on my 30x40 pole barn and I will update it as it progresses. The concrete guys showed up bright &...

I spent some time today organizing the tap & die sets that were my dads from the 50s and came across an interesting observation. His small Blue Point set had a couple Ace brand taps which didn't surprise me since I'm sure he broke a couple over the years and that's what he replaced them with...

Hoping there might be a way to ID the approximate year of my old Blue Point tap & die sets. These are the only tools I have that were my dads & he passed away in 1963 so they are older than that. Blue Point tap & die sets in fitted wooden boxes. 1 set of large sizes & 1 set of small sizes. SAE &...

Just reading a recent thread about cabinets and rather than muddy up his thread with slightly OT stuff I thought I'd start my own. This is for those of us who can't seem to say no to rusty dented old time gas & oil junk. There are plenty of threads about signs so this is more geared towards the...

Got my new 30x40 garage on order from National Barn Company and just waiting on the concrete guy to pour the slab. Nothing but rain day after day here in East Tennessee. So this morning I called the concrete guy for an update. He says even if it stops raining he can't do anything until the...

Tried doing a search but not getting many answers. Here is my situation. I am building a 30x40 garage and the overhead doors are on the 40' span so my bay the lift is going in will be 30' deep. 12' walls with scissor trusses so height should not be an issue. I want to have benches & my toolboxes...

Been shopping for one in preparation for setting up my new garage. Not in a huge hurry since the garage won't be built for another month or 2 but price shopping anyway in case there's a deal too good to pass up. Rumors flying around on here about a Home Depot closeout but calls to all the stores...

One thing I left behind when I moved to TN from NH was my crusty old engine crane (cherry picker style) because the cylinder leaked down & it was nearly 20 years old. So I had pretty much decided to just get a new one once my garage is built. Well here's the short version of why I bought one...