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A friend had an issue with a fork truck older Alice Chalmers no parts available, so he initially asked if I could weld it up and then turn it to size for the seal, he was losing 5Gal of Hydraulic fluid pretty quick it was like a fountain around the steering valve... the seal surface was rusted...

Weekend Project 1951 Spartan Imperial Mansion A Very nice lady asked if I could help with her camper project, she needed a new air conditioner installed in place of a non working much older unit. The Catch it is not a bolt in... the vent hole needed to be modified... opened up to 14x14 from...

New Oldschool metal shrinkers... Fairly rare 1940s era metal formers.. Just stumbled across this website this evening... http://www.pettingellmachineco.com/machinery.html

Mittler Bros. Jamey Jordan 36" Deluxe Kit, the machine is 6' long OAL. Much larger than anticipated when I ordered it. Only rolled a couple practice panels just to get my feet wet, Learned a few things rather rapidly... A- Go Slow... no, SLOWER, NO, REALLY REALLY REALLY SLOW... NO, WAY SLOWER...

Granted this was in 2011... https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/nyregion/yale-student-dies-in-machine-shop-accident.html?smid=fb-share Yale Student Killed as Hair Gets Caught in Lathe By LISA W. FODERAROAPRIL 13, 2011 As a Yale undergraduate majoring in astronomy and physics, Michele...

Guy in the shop next door did this one this morning tightening a radiator hose clamp... Seriously! Couldn't believe it myself! he wasn't using it as a prybar or chisel either. Snappy will replace it but damn! Everyone gets a clunker some time!

Tried searching, can't remember the users name but a few years back someone built a toy hauler with a Spartan manor house trailer modified into a sleeper of sorts on an old Diamond T Fire Truck cab all placed on a U-Haul Chassis Cab Chassis... I think he also put a 51 pickup on a Corvette C6...

Was in a bind this morning with need for a portaband and my Milwaukee was 50 miles away. Sooo took a chance on the HF... I had an Mk Morse blade on hand... so on that went first I will say it looked fairly well made case seemed familiar... variable speed dial was useless... anything less than...

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — A man died Friday afternoon at a western Minnesota auto shop after he became pinned between a pickup and a tool chest. Richard Fultz, 55, of Montevideo was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries he suffered in the accident at Backstreet Auto in Montevideo, according...

Alright, I am generally speaking NOT a fan of Chinese machines, I have been using one of these Yellow welders at the shop for the better part of a year, and it impressed me enough to go ahead and purchase one for home use, Using one in the shop has shown me some of the shortcomings and how to...

A Few years ago here on the Journal I read a post about United Metal Spinning in Kansas City, MO the OLDEST Metal Spinner in the US, they spin metal "Things" Well flash forward and I got a request for an item that I just don't make.. a "Pan" or "Dish" for a Brazilian Steakhouse, they carry their...

$6000 Project install completed this week during a re-model of a local bar, We do all the architectural iron work in their bars, I've posted some of the stuff we have done before, on this job we fabbed up the Stainless Steel Bar Back panels to go over the wood material that was installed on the...

We just moved into our new shop, 8000 Square feet, High dock, Mid Dock and a Ramp door. Still need to get some pallet rack in there but here is looking from the Plasma Area back to the FAB shop area in the middle toward the paint booth to the right of frame along with the powder coating area. To...

Went to a swap meet in Lawrence KS yesterday and picked up a few things... Snap-On F-70N Ferret (1946 Date Code) $20 was a bit rough, Disassembled and cleaned and re-oiled and it works smooth. Brass Lever/Selector, peened... Snap-On Torq Meter torque Wrench, 1998 vintage 175# Seems none the...

Apparently on Clearance since it doesn't appear to actually work...

So several years back I ended up in posession of a Mill/Drill that I would not have purchased had I been asked... but I was going through Chemo when it was purchased... NEVER and I mean NEVER EVER send a Lawyer with a debit card to LOOK at a mill... he just bought it without asking about it's...

I have a Grizzly G4003G that currently resides in a basement without a walkout. Needs to come out of that basement up a stairs and around a corner into the garage. Here is what I was planning, make some Angle Iron Rails (think railroad track) and use some track wheels on caster plates to guide...

I needed a larger powder coat oven and I looked at a lot of Plans and was going to build from Steel Studs and Galvanized Sheet but this fell into my lap. A Carter Hoffmann 1830 Hot box, basically a purpose built Stainless Steel double wall box with dense fiberglass insulation between the walls...

http://www.sears.com/250-pc-mechanics-tools-set-with-3-drawer/p-00938250000P?sid=I0084400010000100600&aff=Y&PID=6147351&AID=11042411 $138 plus tax shipped

I have been building a CNC plasma Table I purchased the Gantry from Precision Plasma LLC In Minnesota and I purchased the Electronics package from CandCNC in Texas. I built the base of the table and the water pan/slat bed. Drilled and Tapped the frame for the CRS Rails, Drilled the CRS Rails...