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I have a couple of older cars whose batteries are held down with clamps (OEM) onto a lip at the bottom of the battery. It's becoming very difficult now to find the batteries today with a lip. I'd imagine it's just plain cheaper to manufacture the battery without the lip. Which leads me to the...

Hello, I recently purchased an older HF bandsaw and got it working pretty well. The one thing I wish it had, that is on later versions, is the angle scale. HF says they don't carry them. It is #170 in the exploded view. Does anyone know where I can get one? Or, does anyone have an HF...

Has anyone ever heard of the brand Packard for a horizontal band saw? There's one at a local estate sale, currently way overpriced but I can't find anything about it. It's a small one, like 4 1/2" size. Sorry, I should have taken a pic of the plaque on the saw so I don't know what the...

On a FB Mustang group, someone posted a picture of the undersides of his car but I'm more interested in the lift it's sitting on. I asked what brand it is, or home made, but no response,,yet. It looks like a light version of the Kwik Lift seeing the lifting bar at the rear. Has anyone...

Hi all, I just purchased the Quickjack BL3500 and in the process of assembly now. I'm at the point in the instructions to fill the reservoir. While unscrewing the cap to the reservoir, I hear something drop to the bottom of the reservoir. With a flashlight, I see a small metal plate...

Hi all, Looking for some ideas on how to keep a bushing from rotating on its shaft. My original thinking was to carve out some metal from the inner sleeve of the bushing, as seen in the pic, then put down some weld on the shaft and file the weld to fit. Another thought was to cut a...

I just purchased this thing and I really like, all based on various threads here. http://www.harborfreight.com/adjustable-steel-welding-table-61369.html But throughout the various threads on this topic, I haven't found (unless I missed it) a way to make the legs fold up, ie, together, to...

Hi all, I need to cut down part of a 7/16" solid rod to be able to fit a die cutter on it. I don't have access to a lathe but I was wondering if such a device like a brake hone, but 'opposite', exists where it would attach to a hand drill, or drill press, and cut metal 'downward', or...

Just picked up an arbor press at an estate sale yesterday. There's a Made in China sticker on it but absolutely no other markings. I'm guessing its about a 3 ton unit and shown are the dimensions. It's 23 inches tall, 18 inches long and 8 inches wide. Any ideas? And maybe a mfgr? Thanks!

I got this at an estate sale and was wondering if it's for a Model T or something from that era. The open end is a 9/16" and the large opening measures 2 7/16" across the flats. No markings whatsoever on the wrench. What do you think? I should add that it's definitely not homemade.

Hi all, I've got a newly installed fence around the property with a gate (double door) on one side. I asked them to make the gate doors slightly bigger to keep my opening as wide as possible. Works fine up until recently, I now find the latch binding badly and it's due to the post leaning...

Hi all. I have an all brick garage (attached) that has no service (man) door and I'd like to put one in. The brick, I'm sure, is the kind with three holes in them so I'd imagine that once the brick is cut, half the bricks will reveal their middle hole, cut in half. So, I'm thinking I can...

I've got a normal, 18 x 7 foot garage door with windows going across. What I'd like to do is tint them in such a way that at night, with the lights on in the garage, I can see out but outside can't see in. I've tried the reflective type and works great during the day but reverses at night...

Hi all. I'm having a heck of a time trying to get this coupler to seal. It continually leaks from where I'm pointing so I'm guessing the bronze ring inside isn't sealing against its mating steel ring. This is the second new fitting so far. With this said, I recently moved and brought...

Hi all. I'm looking for a container much like what is pictured but longer. As you can see, mine is 11" and I need them to be longer but no longer than 15". The ones at Harbor Fr are 16" and my particular use requires a bit less. I don't think I can make the 16" work. Does anyone know...

I've got a neat, somewhat old wall thermometer, the kind with the sweep needle and a humidistat (sp?) gauge on the same face. Neither are reading correctly. Both needles are on bimetallic springs that look a bit rusty. Is there anything that will revive these springs to make them work...

I plan to put my compressor in my basement and plumb the lines to the attached garage and the shortest, best route is outside the building. The run will be about twenty feet, at the most. I live in the Atlanta area so winters are somewhat mild but winters can still get in the teens, if...

Home D has this brand in plastic and two different types, identified by the color of the packaging. The channel packaged in blue is a flat oval but without any way to attach it to the wall or ceiling. I'm guessing it gets nailed or screwed to the surface. The channel packaged in green is...

Hi all, Just bought a house with an attached two car garage. The back of the garage (an outside wall) has a wall that parallels it, about 3 1/2 feet from the back, in the garage. This is divided into two small shed type of rooms. This wall, along with the back wall is perpendicular to...

I just saw this in the HF flyer. Looks like a great idea. Has anyone used an old small filing cabinet for something like this? I think it can be built for a lot less, seeing that I see these small filing cabinets at just about every garage sale I go to...