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I am thinking of buying one of the HF or TSC parts washers. I will be using some form of water based solvent. My question is: Has anyone added a heater to one of these? I normally soak my item a few days and I feel a warmer fluid would work better. If you have can I get the make and model of...

I have a Reed 405 and I am trying to determine the approximate age. Does anyone know the year range they made the 405? Not the 405R. Thanks a lot

Any idea what model craftsman this is and what the part is that is missing that retrieves the quil?

I am looking at an old Morgan 80 vise. 8” no swivel in good shape. Does anyone know if they still make these? I see Zoro advertising them but no where else and I don’t know enough about Zoro to trust their price. Any ideas on value would be appreciated

I have a single phase 3/4hp motor on my old Delta DP600 I am restoring. I would like to use a VFD to control the RPMs on it as opposed to changing belts every time. I do t k one if this is something that will work on my single phase motor. I am looking for a 3/4hp 3 phase but it needs to have a...

I have a 1946 Delta DP600 drill press I am restoring. It had green paint and under that a red paint. Does anyone have any idea of what an original color might have been? Thanks

This really would refer to a lot of tools but how do you keep rust off the table and column of your drill press? Have not lived in a humid environment in 40 years Thanks

I have this old Delta DP 17-600 I am about to start refurbishing and I am wondering where I might be able to get reproduction badges. I don’t know how I can get this one back in shape.

Just picked up this used rough DP-600. Think it is from about mid 40’s. I have been told it has a Morse taper chuck but I don’t really understand what that means. Can someone here provide an explanation? I am going to break it all down clean and paint it and of course put a proper switch on it...

I cannot find a Wilton catalog with a 9350 mentioned in it. I have a 1950, 1960 and 1990 catalog. Does anyone have a catalog with this vise in it? I like to pull specs out of the catalogs Thanks

I have a US made Yost 33C and it looks like it has a light blue metallic paint on it. Has anyone been able to identify a close paint like this?

Is there a way to tell when my US made Yost 33C was made? Not a big deal but interested if possible Thanks

I have a 204-1/2 M2 with the “u” raised up and not uniform font. Any idea why these are this way? I have seen a few in pics but don’t know why. Thanks

Picked up this Autocrat 415 and cleaned it up. First one I have seen locally

I am looking for the single pipe jaw for this Sawyer vise

My old Rock island has the Birtman Electric badge but it Also has what feels like the little brads that held some other badge on the vise. It is a 572. Does anyone know what other badge may have come on this vise? Did they make these for some other company like Sears? Thanks

I have never looked inside the spindle nut on a Wilton bullet and the 2 I had have sold so I have no vise to compare it to but are the threads supposed to run the full length of the nut? I just noticed the one I am working on from 1977 only has threads part of the way down. It does not look like...

Ok so if the cost of new jaws in too much how would you repair/clean/restore a set of jaws to their best? Would you try to find a machinist to resurface them? What if the jaws are not removable? Just looking for what your experience has been Thanks

I worked a deal on a Wilton 500 with a broken jaw ledge. I am considering just keeping it for personal use so I had no real heart burn with the fact it is broken. As I think about it though a lot of vises have no ledge so how much does it matter if it is broken or not. I get appearance and...

Looking at a used Wilton 500. it needs new jaws and does not have the swivel base. Any idea what the value would be?