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    Alternative to snap on cutters

    I have recently started a new job on a different helicopter and I'm am going to need a set of long handled cutters fo lockwire. Most of the guys have snap on 808CF cutters. I like and use many snap on tools however I've never been impressed with their cutters. I prefer knipex cutters. I also...
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    Dirty old Johnson Model J

    Well yesterday i rescued a Johnson Model J. Price was right at free but its more bandsaw than I currently have room for unfortunately. Anyway couldn't really pass it up, has my name on it so figured that was a sign. It's been sitting outside for a few years but shows little sign of damage from...
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    Englishwheel build

    Well I need another project like I need a hole in my head but I guess I'm a sucker for punishment. I've always wanted an Englishwheel and looked at them off and on over the years and then a set of wheels came up on Craigslist. I have seen them on there few times but they were too much money in...
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    Garage addition, planning stage

    So my wife is wanting an addition on the back of our house, I figure what better time to negotiate a garage addition than now... I currently have an attached garage sitting on a 24'x24' footprint with 9' ceiling and want to add another bay to the side of it, probably pushing it out 12'. I would...
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    New to me Duplex nibbler

    So today I stopped at a flea market I drive past every day to work in Yale BC. If you've been through there you know what I'm talking about. Anyway found a Duplex Tools nibbler type N10A for $15, it runs so I figured that was a good start. Brought it to work and hosed it down to clean it up, has...
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    1950s craftsman belt/disc sander, need part

    So dad picked up this belt sander from a neighbor, from what I've found with google it was sold by sears in the 50s. It has a 6" wide belt. However it needs an idler pulluy p/n 19030 which comes up unavailable from sears, no surprise. The problem with the pulley (more of a roller or drum if you...
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    Hello from the Canadian wet coast

    Hey just signed up to the board, I found it while looking for info about a Hein Werner Model M jack that I got from work because it has issues. Anyway, I'm a bit of a garage nut and I love old tools which is why I had to bring that jack home (which i have been eyeing up since I started there in...
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