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I'm helping my mother-in-law sell off some of her late husband's tool stash. Most of the stuff is pretty straightforward to price, but this one has me stumped. Taps. Lots of 'em. There's about 150 taps them here, all shapes and sizes from 4-48 to a monster 1-1/2" 11, plus some extensions and...

...to run my Miller 110V MIG welder? I've been just plugging it in to a random outlet in the garage along with whatever else is on that circuit. The sheetmetal (car project) welds are birdcrappy and no penetration...or I burn right through. Is a dedicated circuit going to help, or is it just...

Any good/bad thing about a horizontal vs vertical mill? Spotted this the other day and was considering picking it up. I have never used a mill before, not sure if I'd be getting in over my head, or buying a white elephant. Good deal, or pass? What's the going $ for something like this?

I'm trying to ID (and get a ballpark value for) this vise. The ones I've seen pictures of on this site have more of a 'ball' shape where the jaw rides on the screw. This one has more of a cylindrical shape. The jaws are 4" wide, the base swivels, and the jaws move very smoothly. Any ideas...

I have a garage door opener with a doorbell button by the door to the house. The button wore out from use and got flakey. I recently bought a replacement, and decided to get two so I could add a second switch near the garage door. I had both switches tucked under the wire to the worn out...

My MIL lives in the Elmira NY area, and her barn needs to come down. She did some looking for places that would dismantle it for her and cart it all away. Problem is...she says there are a bunch of places advertised, and she wants to get hooked up with a reputable one. She'd like to get some...

Another yard sale score. It's a no-name cheapie, but it's miles better than the simple vise I had on the drill press before. $25. Now I gotta come up with an excuse to use it.

So this makes two of these threads...is this worth anything? The "Reg. U.S. Pat. Off." makes me think it's fairly old. Anyone have any info on this? Note that the 9/16 is stamped upside down relative to the rest of the text...on both sides!

OK, so I know the brand name and it's a box ratchet, but a search yields very little info other than it could be from the 20's to 30's. I read that Crescent was also in Jamestown originally, not sure if that is related. Anyone have any info on this and/or what the value is?

I hit a couple of yardsales this weekend, and scored a bunch of hand tools at one of them. There were a few 5gal buckets around with different stuff in them, one with tools was spilled out onto a blanket. Seller said 'free bucket with purchase, take the lot.' The bucket was probably 2gal full...

I've been on the HAMB for a few years, and www.stevesnovasite.com for a looong time. I keep coming over here for info on tools and garage storage/layout ideas, so I figured I'd sign up. I'm in NH, lived here for about 23 years now. Someone already has my usual ID, so...I picked something...