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Preview (added after completion) - Before and After: About this project: A few months ago, my Dad and Brother were at an estate sale and sent me a photo of this vise attached to a workbench. "Last day, want it for $100...American Scale Red Seal 62". Yep, absolutely. I'm ready for another...

Preview (added after completion) - Before and After: About this project: A few weeks ago my retired dad was out at a local garage / yard sale and came across a locked up and broken Wilton 9300N. He asked how much and the lady working told him to take it home for free, nobody wanted it...

Preview - Before and After: About this project: With Christmas approaching, I decided to restore a vise for my Dad as he doesn't currently have one in his workshop. I searched Craigslist and eBay for a few weeks until I stumbled upon this Desmond Stephan 33s is seemingly great condition. I...

When I bought my Atlas 63 drill press, I started looking for a Multi-Speed adapter pulley only to realize they were relatively hard to come by and expensive when they did show up. Now that I am done with the restoration, I decided to build my own multi speed pulley assembly. I went through a...

Complete! Link to finished photos: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/atlas-63-drill-press-restoration-resto-mod.489265/post-9603494 Here is my latest find and next project. Sorry in advance, this will be photo heavy. It's a 1940s Atlas 63 that been Frankenstein'd quite a bit. It...

I bought a TM-936 bit ratchet a while back that had a broken magnet in it. I called in to customer service and got a rebuild kit for it. After putting the new parts into the ratchet and attempting to put a bit into it, the bit just falls out. No magnetism at all, the bit literally just falls...

Preview - Before and After: Quick back story: Last November I was talking to my father-in-law about some of the tool restorations I have been doing and mentioned that the next project needed to be a vise as I did not have one. My plan was to find an older Craftsman, Wilton, or Reed to...

Recently I went on the hunt for some additional storage. I am outgrowing my Snap-On KRWLD36 and while I would like to add a second KRWL bolted together to make a double bank 72"x30", they are incredibly hard to find...anybody have one? That lead to me looking for an intermediate box or a...

I am not sure why I never noticed this until the other day, but all of my Craftsman ratcheting box wrenches have Snap-On date code stamps on them. Yours probably do as well. I did a little digging, why would a Craftsman wrench have a Snap-On date code. Snap-On didn't make these for...

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I am working with Snap-On customer service to get replacement slides for a KR647. The slides listed for that box are 8-2488ALRS. I received replacement slides in the mail and they are incorrect. The original slides to the box measure 14.5" (when closed) which matches the description of...

There is not a ton of information available on Garage Journal about these, so here is a first impression review. I have been on the hunt for a good deal on some Metric combo wrenches to replace my Craftsman USA raised panels. I knew I wanted either Williams Supertourques to match my Imperial...

After seeing a few posts here on Garage Journal swapping a ratchets with the standard hard handles or comfort grip handles for larger screwdriver handles, I ordered a few handles. The first conversion is a Snap-On FHLFD80A with the stock red handle. I ordered a SDD6A2PB (PB for Pearl...

Can anyone confirm (hopefully with photos) the difference between Snap On Part Numbers: 8-05388ALRS (Includes left/right side kit with screws, for KRL1000/KRL7000 series tool storage units) and 8-2088ALRS (No description given) Both are marked as replacement parts for my KRWLD36 and I want to...

Hey everyone, while exploring Disneyland's new Star Ways Galaxy's Edge yesterday, it looks like the Imagineers like the Hazet Assistant for a futuristic space port tool cart. I thought you all would find that pretty cool / interesting. I think these are authentic Hazet carts, it looks like...