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Not sure if this is the best place to put this, but I'm not sure what the right place is, so here goes. I'm borrowing a tow-behind Ingersoll Rand P175 Diesel compressor from my uncle to do some sandblasting. It was sitting for a while, but I cleaned it up, put a battery in it, made an adapter...

Found these today while helping a friend haul some stuff home from an estate sale. They are missing a few from the sets and it looks like a Craftsman snuck in there but they don't look like they've lived a hard life. They are half inch drive SAE, deep 6 point and shallow 12 point. I paid $20 for...

Hey all, I've got a 30 gallon portable upright compressor that I have been using for a couple years. I'm gonna be using it to get my car project into primer. Its a little small but it works for most of my needs. I eventually plan to upgrade to a 60 gallon compressor but I'm priming the car a...

Hey all. Recently picked up this 1964 Skylark project. It is mostly rust free, but its got some heavy pitting in the rear window frame. Not totally rusted through, but more than surface rust. After grinding it down, I can see all the little black pits. I can spend the next eternity grinding...

I've got this Prentiss Vise that came with the work bench it is mounted on; my Dad bought it at a yard sale back in the 70s. It is a Prentiss no. 21 Swivel jaw, swivel base. Both the base and the swivel jaw were frozen when he bought it and they were frozen until I few years ago when I decided...

I was going through my tool box last night taking an inventory of what is missing, broken, and worn out and my Torx and hex sockets are looking a bit weary. I have a few sets, each one is about ten pieces or so. One set is Pittsburgh Harbor Freight and the other two are Gearhead brand which used...

So this isn't so much of a "build thread" but more of a journal where I want to document a lot of the projects with and within my garage. This will be sort of an introductory/background post on what I've got going on. I've documented a lot of my projects on one particular forum however due to...

Hi all, I'm new here on Garage Journal. I'm on quite a few other forums and I mostly post to document my various projects but I'd like to document them all in one place and I figured this would be a good place to do it. I've got a ton of different projects that go on in and with the garage...