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I picked this 1950's Atlas 1060 drill press up for $200 a few years ago and finally got around to doing a full resto on it. It was completely torn apart cleaned and painted. I put in new bearings, rewired, and lubed hopefully ready for another 70 years of use. Someone had stuck an old...

I pulled my old Walden apart to clean and lube and found the ratcheting mechanism pretty interesting compared to every other one I've taken apart. The pawls spin and the teeth are fixed.

My father recently passed away, he was a lifelong auto mechanic that owned his own shop. I just spent the last eight weeks taking on the monumental task of cleaning out the shop he's owned since 1993. I've found a few tools that I have no idea what they are and wondering if anyone here can help...

I was getting annoyed at hammers and prybars taking up space in my toolbox so I grabbed some scraps and made some quick holders for them.

Sorry for the bad photo it's on my local craigslist and was curious if anyone knew what brand it was.

I just bought my first house! It doesn't have the dream garage I wanted but it's better than nothing. We have an attached one car, a detached two car, and a huge driveway for a suburban neighborhood. The previous owner for some reason built a two car but only installed a one car door. Kind...

I recently bought a house and in the cold storage room/cellar in the basement, there's a large hole in the wall that the previous owner half-assedly threw some vent over. It also appears that it leaks down the wall. I'm trying to think of the best way to permanently fill this hole. My idea was...

At work, I have a tool that has several 8mm nuts that need to be tightened a few times a day. It comes with a cheap plastic nut driver like this But I break and lose them all the time, I'm trying to find a really small metal 8mm nut driver that I can keep in my pocket or put on a key chain...

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My girlfriend and I are in our late twenties and decided we want to stop renting a large house and hit the road full time in a 5th wheel before we get tied down. I'm giving up my two car garage and huge tool boxes for a truck bed tool box, I'd love to see some organized truck bed boxes.

I just picked up a Atlas 1060 drill press to restore. I can't seem to find the script style atlas badge that would go on the front. Does anyone know of any reproductions made? Here's the badge I need. Thanks!

I've been looking for a floor drill press for a little while when this came up on my local Craigslist for $250. Is it a good deal?

I had been wanting a small vise for a little while and got these two for free. Decided to clean up the Littlestown to use. Here's the before and after. Along with the Littlestown I also got this tiny vise, I was just curious if anyone knew anything about it. :dunno: Thanks!

I bought a box of tools at a local yard sale for $75. How did I do? These are all SAE Never heard of this brand This whole set is metric This thing is surprisingly strong for its age.