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    Made a bonehead mistake yesterday

    I have a miller 180 autoset mig welder that I bought used for $500. It had been used one time,essentially brand new. My old helmet wasn't auto darkening and my sister gave me a new H.F. Auto darkening helmet. Yesterday I was making a bracket from angle iron and flat stock and needed to...
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    How old is this mechanics seat

    I have had this rolling seat for at least 40 years. Someone gave it to me. I apologies for the picture quality. It was manufactured by Parker products and is a model 100.
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    My pole building

    A year ago I started a new pole building 24'x40'. I used my 1951 8n with a post hole digger for the holes. Then used same with lift boom to set the poles. I put the rear mounted scoop to get a mix of sand and gravel from a creek on my place to tamp the poles .
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    Top hung garage door

    Somewhere I saw a video about top hung garage doors. The doors had air cylinders to raise the door. The principle was similar to the way an engine hoist jack cylinder works. The door could be used temporarily like a shed roof if you wanted to work on something only partially in the shop. I have...
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    Wilton vise swivel base broken

    I have a wilton swivel vise with 5" wide jaws that was given to me because the base was broken. A piece about 3" long had Ben broken out and brazed back in. One of the joints separated and the other is sound. I have never brazed cast iron but I would like to fix this because the rest of the vise...
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    Old guy new to the forum

    Hello everyone, glad to be on the forum. I am retired and about halfway through building a 24' x 40' shop. I have a pair of metal lathes, table saw & jointer combined that was made in the early 1900's, radial saw, shopsmith, mig welder and Lincoln stick welder, drill press, and oxy acelatine rig...
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