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12" Cresent adjustable wrench. Movable jaw has a "54" and a "112j" cast into either side. Mike

I constructed/designed this for a hunting buddy as the original couldn't stand up to a tractor assault! It was 1" square tubing-bolted together. He also has a bad foot, so the original steps were painful to climb with a sack of corn. I used exhaust tubing for the frame The step cover is to...

As the title says I am looking for a replacement for my set. I believe the number is 6618 or 6620, going by the numbers of next smaller and next larger sizes in the set. I am again guessing at the length but, I think it will be close to 7 1/2" c-c. Thanks for looking! Mike

I recently acquired a toolbox with tools that belonged to my mom's father. When I finish clean up and repairs I will show them here. These are 20s to 40s tools I guess but, this device was included. I don't think it belongs in the set (looks too new). The rusty looking loose piece has a cross...

Attached photo has the description. Thanks! Mike

Good morning fellas, I have some tools that I want to know more about. I think one is a wire cutter, one is a scissor, and one is a type of "safety" scissor? Thanks for any help! Mike

After looking at numerous brake builds on You Tube I combined what I thought were the best features. I only had to purchase the casters and some bolts, everything else came out of my stock. Mike

I recently had my parking garage and back porch on my house. A fairly new contractor recommended by a close friend hooked us up and I must say he was the most professional contractor I have ever dealt with. Anyway here's a sample of his work. Mike

Hi fellas, I have a older, good 12 volt Porter Cable drill set with 2 (rebuilt) batteries. My charger has died and I haven't been able to replace it. Can I adapt the old charger case to hook up to one of my Battery Tender Junior chargers? The OEM charger is rated 1.6 amps while the Tender is...

Hi fellas, I purchased a 330' x 8' roll of 1"x 1" square fence. It is on a heavy cardboard tube. Does anyone have experience doing this? Tool/s used? Thanks! Mike

I have a armature lathe to sell. I'll never use it. Can you? Mike

I have this machine that I bought maybe 40 years ago and there is no point in owning it. Would someone here at GJ like to have it? It comes with quite a few mandrels. I have never used it. I believe it can be used for connecting rod bushings as well. Mike

I picked this 3/4" drive wrench up at a swap meet this summer for $25.00. The seller told me it came from the Chrysler Proving Grounds. Mike

My last post was the garden gate hinges I fabbed and here I am with more hinges! Sitting at one of my favorite watering holes recently I remarked that it shouldn't be too difficult to fab a couple of hinges on one of the back-bar cooler doors. The owners daughter heard me and I volunteered...

Hi guys, I had to fence the garden to keep the deer out so gates were needed. I stumbled around the local ACE store and came up with (what I think) a good plan to make weather proof hinges. I used aluminum bar stock, nylon washers, nylon toilet tank bolts, and 5/16" all thread rod. The lower...

Hello gentlemen, Yesterday I had a quick repair to do and I had to move the ground clamp from the bench frame to the work. While doing this the clamp touched the sheet metal jacket on my Lincoln Idealarc 250. Big arc and current draw! Now it was turned on but, the electrode holder was empty and...

Hi guys, Do any of you GJ members have issues with paint disappearing from your hoist base plate? When I purchased my used Rotary I blasted, primed, and painted the bottom 24" of both columns. Rattle cans were used (Ford engine blue is a perfect match). Now all the blue is gone from the whole...

In 2013 my wife discovered a fire in my woodshop and called the F.D. It had burned itself out of oxygen-luckily! The insurance adjuster didn't bat an eye when I told him the cause was a electrical receptacle. The receptacle was next to last in the daisy chain and neither of them had anything...

Hi fellas, Yesterday I started welding and noticed the polarity was incorrect. I reached down and flipped the switch up to reverse DC from the AC position and sparks flew in the back of the machine. The tag at the switch says to NOT move under load and I didn't. The power was on don't recall...

Just a quick thought for those needing to bend sheet metal wider than your vise jaws. Mike