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I bought this old hand cranked drill press and I’m getting close to getting it cleaned and put back together, but i have a problem. The steel bar that is the post is badly pitted everywhere except where it was in the base and where the head was mounted. It’s about 1”x15”. What can I do to get...

I'm using this product to apply a japan finish to some tools. The label says to use turpentine for clean-up. Actually it says to remove the varnish, I’m assuming that’s the same thing. I don’t have turpentine, tried using acetone, doesn’t come off my hands easily. Probably should have worn...

Northern Tool washer, about 3 yrs old. Ran fine when parked. Needed to do a small job today, pulled it out and filled the tank with fresh gas. After remembering it has an on-off switch (happens every time) i finally got it started. Problem is ir runs kinda ok on the choke, but quickly dies...

Interesting video about casting ceremonial axe heads for the British cavalry. Interesting comments too that help to explain what it’s used for. Wish it was much longer to show the finished product, and how the spike is attached.

I have a need to use a couple of rivnuts, and the bolt size will probably be 5/16” but could vary. Looking at the chart on the rivnut site, for 5/16” bolt the hole in the material needs to be 0.414 to 0.423”. Looking at a drill bit chart, the only size that works would be 27/64” = 0.4219. How...

While visiting daughter out of state, discovered that the batteries for her Hitachi cordless impact driver weren’t charging. 12v UC10SFL. It’s a compact driver that works well for her, so I didn’t want to buy a new tool. Did some research and learned that one capacitor is probably the...

I know some folks use vinegar rather than rust remover. I want to try that on an old pipe wrench. Do you use the vinegar straight, or diluted? And how long do you leave the tool in the vinegar?

Saw this in Habitat Restore for $5.

Anybody recognize this? I know what it is, just checking the knowledge base.

Saw this on an episode of Engels Coach Shop.

Cleaning up vintage tools i use PB to help free up the mechanism, like my Yankee screwdriver. I used evaporust and brake cleaner, and liberal shots of PB. How fastidious do i need to be about cleaning off the PB at the end of the job?

Didn’t see an existing thread for this. Picked up this Witherby 2” chisel today at Habitat Restore for $3. Needs a new handle, and there is a chip in the edge. They started making chisels in 1827 and sold the company about 1869, but the new company continued to mark them Witherby. You can...

I have a friend who flips houses (the right way*) and his latest buy included this antique seeing machine base. The old couple who lived there were about 80 and borderline invalid, finally moved to an assisted living place. House was built in the mid 1980’s and was largely intact … original...

Need a little … a lot … of help. Or a sanity check. We have 2 electric bikes, they weigh about 65# each. We’re old. We have a yakima ebike hitch rack with a ramp, problem is they are still difficult to load. I can do it, wife cannot. The attached pictures are off the yakima site, the one...

Cleaning out accumulated “treasures” in my office, found this Krupp scale that was my grandfathers. He scratched his name on it. He was a metallurgist for USSteel in Chicago, retired early 1960’s.

I have a project to place a container on a concrete pad and connect a portable generator. I need to be a little vague because of some proprietary details. The container is like a 20’ conex full of communication devices, it comes with transfer switch and connection points for power, it’s...

Everything i know about lathe work, i learned here and youtube. I like watching Cutting Edge Engineering, the australian guy. Here is a closeup picture of the tool holder on one of his lathes, can anyone explain the shape of the bolts? Threaded shafr with a square drive on top … got that...

I recently bought this scraper, I think I paid $12. Overall in very good condition. Little rust, much of the japanning is still present, all parts are there except the ferrule. Got a couple of questions. First is the age. The trademark on the blade is Stanley Rule & Level Co which according...

Need a little help please. This interesting corner brace followed me home and I’m having a problem identifying it. It looks original except the nut & bolt holding the long arm to the back of the casting behind the v-block. Both handles on the end of the long arm are factory pinned, neither...

Need a little advice on this screwdriver. I want to replace the wood cheeks on the handle ... no problem there. Need help with the rivets. One thought i had was a flat head bolt grind the head enough to remove the groove. Then cut to length and peen the end over, into a countersunk hole...