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I hope this isn't too far off the track for this section but thought I'd try to help a friend identify this thermometer. He found it with his metal detector about seven inches under ground by the side of an old farm house on Whidbey Island, Washington. No name on it but some old engraving...

Gents: If anyone here in the Austin / Central Texas area is looking for what appears to be a pretty nice old Craftsman tool box there's one on Facebook Marketplace right now. Full of tools ... $50.00. Here's the link > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2037563549656778/ And here's a pic:

I ordered a couple of Lithonia LED shop lights from Zoro on Monday which were shipped same day and out for delivery to my address the next day (!). That's with free ground shipping. All shipping info on the email correspondence they sent was correct. Well, yesterday came and went and no lights...

Hello from Central Texas! I recently bought a new house and, among other things, gutted the garage, installed second subpanel, added multiple outlets for equipment, audio, video, Internet, compressed air, etc. All circuits are 20A. Reputable electricians did the work and everything tested fine...

Given the critical mass of GJ'ers who have the Harbor Freight 44" roller cabinets I hope someone can chime in and help me fix a nagging problem. I bought two 44" rollers last week. The full width top drawers on both of them are a bear to open. You have to really yank them out of there. I can...

Howdy from Austin, Texas! I bought a late '50's Craftsman Model 150 floor standing drill press (103.24530) a few months ago and have dismantled the whole thing and rebuilt the press part of it. Thanks to all of you that have taken the time and effort to take pix of your C'Man DP projects...

Picked up a 1958-59 Craftsman Model 150 Floor Standing DP a couple of days ago. It was very well maintained and fairly priced. A few odds and ends came with it, one of them being the casting in the attached pix. It's the same gold color as the 150 which suggests it was a Craftsman accessory...

Hello out there from Central Texas. I was just given a Wilton 3.5" utility vise by a friend. It was obviously dropped at some point in time and the swivel base cracked in half and it's out of round thereby eliminating the possibility of brazing or welding it back together. This vise looks to be...