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I'm rebuilding a wooden garage door and have a question about my Shaper. I bought it at an estate sale quite some years ago and haven't had occasion to use it until now. I bought the proper cutters to cut the profiles on the door panels, but installing them on the shaper's spindle led me to a...

I need an old-fashioned always-on battery charger. All the new ones I've seen have Battery Sensing - that is, they won't put out any voltage unless they are connected to a battery. Apparently all current chargers are made with this "feature". What I need it for is running an overhead hoist...

File this under "not worth it fixes". I had this light-duty plastic crate that somehow got a corner knocked out of it. Should have just thrown it away, but in the heap of steel bits destined for the scrap yard I spied this paint thinner can and realized it was just the right size to make a...

I've looked over some of the tool gurus' offerings on the interntet, but nothing seems to address my problem. I have two of the smaller M12 battery powered Milwaukee drills, one a hammer-drill (Not to be confused with a rotary hammer!) and the other just a drill. Nice, compact units, fit well...

This should be easy to calculate - but none of the online load calculators will tell me what I need to know. Figure a 2x4 (actually two 1x4's) supported at the ends, long way up - just like a normal floor joist. Figure the max load. Simple, right? Well, no. All the load calculators I can...

There must be a thread for this already, but I can't find it, so here goes: Tools you've found (other than roadkill) I found this hammer inside a wall on a construction site where I was working. It was a thick wall with plumbing in between the faces, or the insulation would have hidden it...

So I don't get kicked out for bringing up wood working, I use my table saw for metal too -- aluminum. Many years ago I grew dissatisfied with the original miter gauge on my Rockwell saw, and got this Accu-Miter. It is absolutely terrific. But, it isn't gravity-proof. I dropped it and broke...

Sorry if this has been covered - a bit of searching didn't find anything exactly matching my situation. I have an old- old two-tube 48" fluorescent fixture that I converted to LED a couple of years ago with Philips Universalfit tubes, model 92900 9659 6NC 539155. Their tech support and...

OK, it's in my house, not my garage, but hopefully one of you gurus will be able to help. It's a Kohler faucet set that probably dates back to the '50s. I've had to replace the cartridges, and remove the pop-up stopper (which we never used anyway) but otherwise worked fine until a couple of...

I know we've got some guitar players in the membership, so I thought there might be some interest in my current guitar project:

My quest (some might say "fool's errand" but that would be a vicious slander) to get at least one example of every brand the Thorsen V-groove pattern wrenches were made in has chalked up yet another near-miss. I haven't been able to get a Westcraft example, but I've now seen pictures of four...

I had a Ridgid drill index that met my needs, but though the case was steel, much of the insides was plastic. It wore out/broke to where the bits don't stay put any more. I've looked for a replacement but haven't found one yet. what's unusual is it has two each of the smallest (most easily...

I have made (actually based on an existing) an animated smilie I think would be good here. I've created 10 individual GIF's, matching the resolution and colors of the existing smilies. What I haven't been able to do - or even find instructions on -is string them together into one animated...

I've been on here for - well, a bunch of years. Suddenly, this week, in order to go back from wherever I am, I have to hit the back arrow twice. Same computer, same OS for at least a decade. Same browser (Firefox) since IE decided it didn't like me anymore at least 5 years ago. It always...

Hey, Twertsy, your PM mailbox is full!

Searching for ToolArchives member RossF (capitalization uncertain). We briefly corresponded on TA back in mid- 2017 shortly before it crashed. It's back, but apparently the messaging isn't working. Hopefully someone here knows another way to contact him. He has (or at least did then) two...

Happy Thanksgiving, all! this year was a first - first time MOAO and I spent it without family. The way things are we just didn't want to chance a trip halfway across the country. now, garage content: I have this box - really more like a socket tray to go in a real toolbox. It's 18 x 3...

Not much of the label on this little tray is legible - about all I can make out is the bottom line "9 PIECE METRIC SOCKET WRENCH SET" - maybe someone will recognize it. It's 6 1/2" long and the black paint is original. Thanks!

I went to my favorite flea today, found a few nice things and then ran across this tool box full of -- um, **** would be putting it kindly. Somehow I just couldn't walk away, so I made a lowball offer just so I could tell myself I tried. Darn if he didn't take the 5 bux. I didn't take a picture...

MOAO came up, asked if I would fix her broom. YES YES YES!! Never mind that it's actually mine ... The handle just threads into a hole in the head and had broken. I figured I'd fire up the lathe, grind a bit to do Acme threads and be done by breakfast time. No way; the handle's too big to fit...