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Does anyone recognize this logo cast on the side of this large vise I just picked up? It says Chicago Heavy Duty and has a lightning bolt in the middle of it but I can’t find anything out about it. It probably weighs between 50-70 lbs. Thanks in advance for any help! -John

Hi guys, it's been a few years since I've been around here. Little ones take up a lot of my time and I have been focusing on other things ther than my machines and tools. I just got this new project yesterday though and thought some of you may appreciate it. Not sure of the year yet and it...

My neighbor was tossing this Craftsman 106.152680 so I took it and thought it would be worth a shot to try to run a little die grinder that I would like to get. It says 6.7 CFM @ 90 PSI on the side so I assume it will be sufficient to run a little Chicago Pneumatic CP875 1/4-Inch 90 Degree...

I have two of these torches and NO tips! I'd absolutely love it if someone here happened to have a smaller one they could part with. 0, 00 or 000 would be great! Thanks in advance if anyone can help. -John

Hey guys, been a while... I took a while off but am back! I am trying like heck to reinstall the little pole/pointer pin that goes on the left side through a little brass looking grommet that has a spring inside and can't for the life of me figure out how to get it back in. Does anyone know...

Hey guys, picked this up yesterday at a yard sale. I was pretty excited when the guy said he wanted $10 for it. It's rough looking and has a homemade base and table but it was made well and runs perfectly smooth and quite. Came with two different miter gauges. My question is, do you guys think...

Hey guys, looking at an old 20gal horizontal Kellogg American compressor for sale. Has a single phase Baldor 1hp motor on it. My question is... Is this a decent little compressor for some basic air tools and air nozzle for using around the hobby ship? He wants $200 for it and it looks to be in...

Hey guys, when I was taking it apart and unplugging the leads from the rear of the switch this pin few out. Any ideas how to fix this or what that little copper pin may be called and if it can be ordered somewhere (I doubt it.)? Are these flat paddle switches still available somewhere? I really...

Hey guys, been reading about lubrication and old drill presses but I've had a tough time finding definitive answers... I disassembled my old South Bend DP and want to lube it all up. Can anyone tell me which parts get oiled and which parts get greased? Also, what oils and grease do you like? A...

Hi guys, any advice on getting all this apart (quill, chuck and spindle assembly)? There is a little collar with a allen set screw in it that slides down the spindle to the top of the quill. I took the set screw out but nothing seems to want to move. I don't want to possibly damage any of this...

I just bought an old South Bend Drill Press and it has this 3rd pulley on top of the column. It seems to fit perfectly and spins fine, although there is no belt for it currently. I'm not positive now that it will actually work as it doesn't appear to be tensionable like the original one for this...

Anyone know where to possibly find one or if there is a universal model of some sort out there? Thanks.

Hey guys, does this spindle look like it isn't retracting back up inside the head? Does this look like a MT chuck set up? Thanks for any info on this. -John

Hey guys, was this model designed to drill steel at it's slowest setting by chance? Thanks! -John

Hey guys, I want to get some opinions. Last night I started disassembling my old Delta Milwaukee DP220 and discovered a crack which quickly turned into a break. I might have helped it a little by pulling on it in the visa a little bit. Anyways, I was thinking of just grinding the old weld off...

I can't for the life of me figure out how to move the belt to change speeds on my newly acquired drill press short of taking off the pulley on the motor. I've been googling all day and nothing. Maybe I'm just blind or maybe I really do have to remove the motor spindle pulley. Thanks in advance...

Hi guys, long time reader first time poster! I'm in the market for a drill press for my little shop. I mainly work with light weight steel, sometimes with pieces of 1/2" plate. Anyways, I'd like to know if this smaller machine is capable of drilling up to 1" holes in up to 1/2" plate hot rolled...