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Alright fellas, I'm facing a quandary that I'm hoping some other tool nerds may be able to assist me with. I currently have a Makita MAC2400 air compressor that I love, with the one exception being that its capacity is very small (+/-5 gallons). It's got a wonderfully quiet motor, it fills very...

So I recently returned from visiting my family in MS, and while there my dad found a neat old 1/2" *Cornwell* socket wrench while on one of his walks. He didn't have any use for it and gave it to me. It was all but stuck...it would wiggle a bit, but required a lot of work, and was very tight...

So last night while working on my current vise restoration project, a Wilton C0 combination vise, I found myself wondering which models/variants of the Wilton bullet vises are truly "rare" when compared to other bullets? We all know that the "baby bullets" (2" and I guess 2.5"?) are very...

Hey fellas, I'm getting tired of having to search for local welding places that will do small brazing jobs on my various cast iron restoration projects. So I'm in the market for a torch set-up and rods so I can practice doing these repairs myself on various pieces of scrap cast, etc. That said...

Hey fellas, I'm interested in replacing this Jacobs keyed chuck with an Albrecht keyless or Wahlstrom automatic chuck (not certain I can do a Wahlstrom chuck though), but I'm not entirely sure how I remove this. It looks like I need two pinner spanner wrenches - one to hold the top collar in...

Well, I had a pretty laid back Thanksgiving. We didn't go anywhere and we just made a little dinner with the family, so I had some day to burn. I decided it was a perfect time to tackle the rusty 18" Ridgid pipe wrench I picked up for $2 at a vintage tool store in their outside "Everything is...

Well I took my lunch today to run up about 35 miles north of Dallas to pick up Blackhawk jack. Ad said it was locked up, but it looked complete and I know I've read that there are rebuild kits available. Trying to do some more research to completely ID which one this is, but I was able to get...

Hey fellas, I have an older, widower-friend who I've befriended after buying a few things from her after meeting her on Craigslist. She passes time by researching and listing the items he left after his passing. Anyway, I was over at her house this weekend helping her move around some of the...

Fellas, I'm going to purchase this press from a nice little ole lady and frankly, I'm buying it because she's nice, she's selling her husband's old tools (he's passed), and I'm a former Marine Officer and it has USMC on the side of it. You all know how crazy we Marines are...but that...

Guys, I have the chance to buy this old Powermatic machine. It's one of many items I'm going to look at that a nice lady is selling from her dad's estate. I'm just not sure what the heck this pile of parts used to be...any ideas? Thanks! -Matt

Well fellas, I gotta post this thread just so I can tell some people who might care...I've tried telling my buddies, my wife, my dad...none of them are into old tools, especially my wife, so none of them are as excited and pleased as I am... Alright, so it all started out with a really crappy...

Hey fellas, I've just picked up an old air compressor off Craigslist that I thought was a 110v unit, due to the plug, but turns out that it's a 220v unit - makes sense why the motor would barely turn over... Anyway, I just so happen to have a 220v outlet in my garage which was used for a...

Morning fellas, I'm not sure if this is the right spot to post this; but I'm looking for some opinions; one of my hobbies is to pick up the old metal patio chairs (with the spring steel legs only). These chairs are extremely comfortable and don't rust out from the inside like the tubular steel...

Afternoon fellas, I'm getting ready to replace the original 2" column on my Walker-Turner bench-top drill press with a longer one to make it a standing press. My plan is to buy cold-rolled C1026 DOM steel tube in 2" diameter w/.188" thick walls. Currently, the bench-top column is 2" and right...

Evening fellas, I picked up this odd Stanley brand clamping thing at a little flea market a couple days ago for $5. I bought it because it was cheap and I'd never seen one before. I figured for the price it was worth getting just so I could ask you all what the heck it is? Any thoughts?

Hey fellas, I'm not a blacksmith...just yet anyway. That said, I do find having something around that I can hammer my projects on extremely useful. I've been using this cruddy, 55lb (actually, 52lb) Chinese anvil for quite awhile that until recently, always left transfer marks on my work pieces...

Well, was perusing CL today when I should have been working...but in my defense, I did need a brain break. During my casual search, I saw an awfully neat, art deco-looking drill press image that wasn't at all clear, but still caught my eye. I reached out to the seller and asked him what the make...

So fellas, I've located an old Craftsman band saw up in Waterford, MI, that I'd like to purchase, but it's a local pick up only. I'd like to use uship to have it sent to me, but I can't get the seller to respond to my inquires on eBay about holding it for a courier to come by and grab it - is...

Hey fellas, I bought my house 2 yrs ago and have never really had the need to use the water spigot at the front of the house until recently. That said, when I did turn it on the water pressure was extremely low. I thought perhaps it was clogged with sediment from disuse, so I let it run for...

Hey gents, I recently finished refurbishing my 1930s-era Craftsman-badged Walker-Turner 8'' table saw and thought you all might like to see the ole girl back in working condition! I picked it up on eBay for a measly $50, but had to pay another $100 or so through a uship.com booking to get it...