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My wife and I are in the beginning stages of looking for our retirement home. We are focusing on the Kentucky Lake / Lake Barkley areas of Kentucky and Tennessee. I will need a good sized garage/shop for my hobbies and to make sure we make it another 29 years of marriage. Assuming the house we...

I have a chance to pick up this old Delta saw. Asking $300. What's it worth? I know nothing about it other than it ran when disconnected, the bearings feel smooth and tight and the fence is decent. Can't power it up, shop is in the process of moving.

Just talked with an old friend, former employee. He worked for me as a toolmaker for several years in my previous life. He was quite shaken up. He lives alone on a rural property, no neighbors anywhere close. Grown daughter visits regularly with her son. My friend was working on his tractor...

I had a new HVAC system installed last fall. Heat pump and air handler, installed by a well known, long time local contractor, who had installed the original system in the house in 1977. There has been a buzzing sound, kind of like a transformer, every time the system kicks on, but doesn't...

So I "inherited" this Proto tool when I started teaching shop. It has been in the top of the toolbox mocking me for 3 years. I can't find any info on it. It doesn't appear to be home made as it is chromed over the weld joint and subsequent machine operation, but it doesn't appear to be Proto...

We are considering purchasing a Westinghouse WGen7500 portable generator for our students to run a Lincoln Mig 140 portable welder while at FSAE and SAE Mini Baja competitions. The Lincoln requires 20 amps of 110V power, the Westinghouse produces 31 amps, 39 peak. On paper, it will work, just...

So back in July, I started cleaning, organizing, and generally "Spiffing Up" my garage. Coincidently, that was about the time I found this site and started perusing the forum almost daily. This has been good.....and bad. The bad part is that after seeing what a lot of you have done in your...

Does anyone happen to know of an aftermarket or other supplier of parts for Porter Cable pneumatic tools? I have a model BN200A type 1 brad nailer needing a rebuild kit which the factory parts department tells me is discontinued. I try to buy name brand tools for the purpose of being able to buy...