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The main vise out of my collection I actually use is a rock island 851 dual swivel. I've always been a fan of sheet lead soft jaws, as my usual work (custom knives, and gun repairs) really can't get chewed up. The only problem with the lead jaws is they don't hold round object that will be...

Well my dad and I picked up this drill press yesterday. It's going to be my 18th birthday gift. 15" production model. The large base is the work table, and the head moved up and down on a rack and pinion. Very heavy sucker. I'll post pictures as we progress on it. you can never have too many tools

I was making some lead hammers today, and figured I might as well share how I do it. First off, the mold. Yes, it's wood, pine actually. Hardly even charrs the wood when you pour it. Process for making it is to screw together two pieces of wood that fit against eachother perfectly, then use a...

At long last I finally have my purox back! The really nice and really old regulators are a little hard to get parts for, so they'll be a couple weeks yet. Canadian linde/purox w201 with cw202 cutting attachment. Rebuilt and like new. I am convinced the older purox torches are nicer than the...

Me? Just cleaned and relubricated my small but growing ratchet collection. Some of them really needed it. Also if you ever find a ratchet that looks like a proto but has no markings, pull the cover off it. I realized the covers fit both ways when I put it back together and couldn't find proto...

This is the extent of my hazet collection. I have a center punch somewhere too, but I can't find it right now Thinking I might try to put together a set of those wrenches sometime you can never have too many tools

Whatcha listening to? Here? Lynyrd skynyrd call me the breeze you can never have too many tools