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These older heavy ramps appear to be the type that allows you to remove the angled part. They are listed as a 6 piece set. What are the extra 2 platforms for ?? Are they just part of a second set of ramps ?? --- John

I replied to thread about posting your project cars. I added photos with the direct link from Imgur. They showed up in my post, but were gone when I checked about 2 hours later. Just square boxes with an X. What am I doing wrong?? ---- John

Before lunch today, I posted a reply in the thread about storage cabinets, with one that I made, . I checked and I was the last reply to the thread. After lunch, I checked back, and my post was gone. Just wondering what happened. --- John

Leave it to me, to come up with the odd questions. I am producing some parts, out of 6061 Aluminum 3/4" hex bar stock. One end gets drilled and tapped with a 1/4 pipe tap. Tapping them by hand, gets old pretty quick. Got to thinking, that maybe I could use battery powered impact wrench to do...

I was sprucing up a few vises and wondered about the ID on 2 of the 4, that I was fussing with. 1st one is a common swivel type bench vise. Not very large, but pretty stout, for it`s size. No ID, except for the number 3V7627 cast into the underside of the base. It has 3 1/8" jaws. I replaced...

Picked up this small (but VERY heavy) bench top drill press some 25 to 35 years ago. Thought it was about time to try and do something with it. The cast iron platform for mounting the motor was gone and one foot on the motor frame as busted off. I replaced the foot. The shaft that held the...

Pretty sure this one dates a good way back. Would like to know how far back. Have had it buried in my barn for between 30 and 40 years. As small as it looks, it all one person can do to lift it. It has an adjustable depth stop and you can lock the down feed of the spindle. There are 4 factory...

I am working on an all cast iron, 9" Craftsman drill press, that is 23" tall. Would like to know what time period, this Craftsman logo decal was used. --- John

I retired in 2005, after 44 years as a Machinist. Some of my work involved making prototypes. I also spent a great deal of time building machines and production tooling from the ground up, without blueprints. With that in mind, the projects never stopped after retirement. Looking back at those...