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I have a Westinghouse CAH motor that I have been cleaning up to see if I can get it running. Details on the motor are in http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/3213/2929.pdf on pages 12-14. It has two windings and a pair of wires on the bottom that go to the rotation activated switch on the back...

Hi all, I replaced the fabric in two of our patio chairs and had a tough time getting the side bars spread apart enough to insert the spreader bars. I made a jig out of 2x4’s and used C-Clamps to spread them apart enough. Now I have ten more to do and was looking for a way that would work...

Visiting a friend and he has an old Dunlap drill press. He said he did not know how old it is. I said I would ask the collective information experts at GJ Thanks for your input! paul

A good friend of mine has decided to close his custom machine shop and retire after many years. Lots of quality machines and tooling will be available. We will have a list of the equipment for sale soon to list here. It is located in Graham, NC. What other places would be good to list it other...

I picked up an MV 71 1/4” ratchet and I lost the ball bearing in the ratchet mechanism while I had it apart cleaning it. The rebuild kit is RKRA930A. Does anyone know the size of the ball bearing? Thanks in advance. Paul Sent from my iPad using The Garage Journal mobile app

Our home is almost 30 years old. We have been here 6 years. In the last 12 months we have an intermittent screaming from the water pipes. It will start randomly and continue for 1-3 minutes. The noise seems to be coming from all over one end of the house on the main and basement levels I can...

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I picked this up today. Will likely make a wood top for it and mount my drill press on it with storage below. The feel have 1 1/2" of adjustability and there are 6 holes on each side in 2 rows of 3. Any idea what it's original purpose was? Paul

My new wife and I recently bought a house with plans to build a garage to keep our motorhome out of the elements and to give me a place to work on my projects. We currently have a 40' diesel pusher motorhome, and while it is an older model it was top of the line in 1994 when it was manufactured...

Watching GIFs used to occasionally cause Tapatalk to crash and exit. Now it seems that the GIFs don't try to load so they are just pictures. Is anyone else seeing the same thing? Paul

Is it just me that finds screen door closers a pain to deal with when you have stuff in your arms? They start closing too fast and make it difficult to get through. Mine do a good job of not slamming , but ideally it would stay fully open for a while,before it starts closing. Paul

I am ready to build a garage and will likely go stick built so it will match the house. I have no problem finding builders and architects who are willing to do it but none have built or designed a garage/workshop. What I really want to find is someone that has built many garages so that we can...

It is on sale today for $175, than add coupon SAVE15 for $15 off $75 tool purchase. http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00941309000P Paul

I want to replace the manual switch with a motion activated one in my garage. I have 3 fixtures each with 4x4' tubes rated at 40W. That makes 480W. I see the switches are rated in VA. How do,I determine the VA rating? Is it different from the Watts of all the tubes? Paul

I have been waiting for this to go on sale for a while and last night pulled the trigger. It was showing double SMW rewards too, You can save $5 with SAVE2012 or do what I did and add things I wanted till I got the shopping cart to $300 then used Sears Coupon SEARS35OFF300AFFILIATEDEALS to save...

I recently had some wiring done at my house and had the electricians install a 4 pole 220V dryer outlet in my garage. I would like to be able to power my 220V welder, my 50A RV, and other 110V tools and my 110V compressor. I understand that the dryer outlet is 30A per circuit and will not run...

I bought this set last time it was on sale for $60 and it was worth it then. Now it is $50! GearWrench 20PC Ratcheting Wrench Set – http://m.sears.com/productdetails.do?partNumber=00931535000P Paul