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Madison, WI Craigslist is stumped. I'm betting you guys won't be. https://madison.craigslist.org/tls/d/sun-prairie-what-are-these-clamps-for/7203260147.html

I backed up my pickup with the cap door open and mashed it into a tree. The plexiglass shattered and the aluminum window frame bent in a lower corner, quite impressively. I want to straighten the bent frame so the window repair folks can put in a replacement piece of plexiglass. They did this...

Another modified tool. Someone did a very skilled job of grinding down the original jaws on this Vice Grip and welding on custom jaws. The pictures are blurry, but the jaws themselves are crisp and squarely cut. When closed the jaws are parallel. So, what did Mystery Man need this odd tool...

Sitting in my shop this rainy morning I realized that there's humor (sort of) in some of my garage art. 1- Exit, Hot Car Girl - No Riders! 2- Feel free to smoke next to the explosives cabinet 3- Is everything the way you left it? (good grief) 4- Stoned sign maker 5- Some sign painters are...

I searched the forum under "Air Line Water Seperator" an hour ago and have been reading since. Lots of interesting (and involved) setups and good info. My question is extremely basic - forgive me please. Today I bought this heavy-duty air line water seperator from a guy with piles of "stuff"...

Why are the work leads ("ground cables") on my welders "beefier" than the electrode leads? Don't they both handle the same amount of current? Just wondering.

I received a milk crate full of arc welding rods from an estate. Included is an unopened bundle of blue flux coated rods that are not for arc welding and have no identifying marks. I'm guessing they're for oxy acetylene welding, or brazing maybe? I've never done either so am unfamiliar with...

Strange to me, anyway. What's this used for? https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PAIR-BENT-TIP-PLIERS-14-INCH/292290208809?hash=item440ddaa429:g:XAkAAOSwopRYfBDz

I've been looking for a vintage USA-made floor jack for some time. My Chinese made Craftsman 3 ton works OK but isn't very satisfying to own. Old Hein-Werner, Milwaukee, and Walker are all recommended on GJ as durable and maintainable. They NEVER show up on my local Craig's List. This...

I just bought this at a thrift shop for $1. I know it's a homemade scoop, but someone spent considerable time and skill to get it "just so". It's too small and sturdy for a dustpan. The scoop part is thick aluminum sheet bent on a bevel and sharpened on the lead edge as if for scraping. The...

EDIT This thread is a reconstruction of my earlier Little Fixit Shop thread. The PhotoBucket fiasco destroyed the earlier thread, so I'm doing it over using Garage Journal as the image host. As such, I'm limited to seven photos per entry and I can't insert them into the text like before...

The corner where the eve of the house meets with the roof of the front porch leaves a 10" gap with no gutter. It's surprising how much water comes off this 10" section of gutterless roofline. It splashes onto the driveway, digging a hole in the asphalt and making treacherous ice in winter...

I bought this puller thing at an estate sale for $2 just so I could post it here and find out what it is. It's nicely made of good steel; no makers marks. What's it for and how do you use it? Is it part of a more complete puller? It's like a big seal driver head threaded onto a puller shaft.

Older USA made Milwaukee 10" Magnum Compound Sliding Miter Saw model 6496 series 882B needs the Bearing Support Assembly replaced. The assembly is two halves, and each half has a small semi-circular ridge on the top rear that the bevel cut housing rides inside of. This ridge is broken off of...

EDIT: This is an old thread; I'm rebuilding it due to the Photobucket fiasco. Bear with me . . . SECOND EDIT: Sorry guys, but this thread is now a mess. I can't upload more than six pictures per post, and I can't insert them within the text so they have proper captions, so the continuity is...

Hi gang, longtime reader and first-time poster. Great site and a huge resource for me in both knowledge & entertainment. I buy interesting and well made vintage tools when I find them. Sometimes I get tools that I don't know what they are, but a little research on the internet sets me...