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    Repurposed wall tool cabinet-part 1

    Finally located a Snap-on tool wall cabinet in my local area at the right price. Someone started a project by having a paint shop spray cabinet to match their anniversary Harley. Was going to re-paint, but might just leave it as is. Color scheme kind of growing on me. Cabinet needed a...
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    Hammer ID help

    Thought design was kind of cool like a crescent wrench with hole in handle for hanging. Anyone seen this brand before? Kind of looks like the word ‘security', but not sure of the actual brand name.
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    Craftsman tool cabinet/drawer era and model info?

    Anyone know what model and year timeframe Craftsman offered these 13 drawer cabinets? Drawers were friction slides vs. ball bearing if anyone recalls? Thank you in advance.
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    Craftsman S2000 Series Rolling Tool Box

    Looking for secondary small rolling box and checked Home Depot's Husky brand & several floor models were damaged(paint issues, dents, or frame bending where it clearly it was dropped). Not one or two, but several had one issue or another. Get they are a couple hundred bucks, but people buy them...
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    Excelsior Tooling-Garage Cabinets

    Anyone have any updated info, history or current contacts for this company? They had some modern versions of the old dealership service merch, garage cabinets, workbenches... Surely they were not cheap, but given large cost/time trying to find original units combined with time & expense to...
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    Vintage Burke machine base repurposed into drill press stand

    Purchased an old Burke machine base to be repurposed w/modern drill press. She is heavy, but exactly what i was looking for.
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    Ideas for Cast Iron machine bases?

    Looking for ideas on what to use these vintage cast iron tall machine bases for. Easy idea is to put a large board across both for a simple garage shelf. Any other ideas?
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    MBC Metal Box Cabinet of Chicago badge wanted

    Looking for a badge for my MBC Metal Box Cabinet of Chicago Tool box. If you have one and interested in selling it, please let me know. Thank you. Burn TX
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    Atlas 42 Drill Press Return Spring Cover broken-help needed

    Have a Atlas 42 benchtop drill press that ran pretty good and would like to keep it in service for a few more years. The pot metal quill spring return chrome plated housing tabs broke off. Does anyone on the forum know if there are replacements available or cross referencing with other similar...
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    Garage paint booth-reducing external over spray?

    DIY garage painters out there: In the planning stages of building free standing wood constructed spray booth within attached home garage space. My primary question is regarding paint over spray outside the booth and down the driveway, parked neighbor cars, etc. Regarding automotive finishes...
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    work and reloading bench-threaded insert project

    Wanted a mounting system for my work/reloading bench where items can be quickly bolted down and removed using 1 tool from top of work surface. When removed, have access to entire work surface for other larger table-top projects. Turned out great and a rock solid mounting solution. No movement...
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    Garage Under Cabinet LED Lighting Install

    Finished installing some under cabinet LED strip fixtures in the garage this evening. Went with a GE 18" strips which can be picked up at Home Depot. 3000k color temp and 197 lumens @ 4.83 watt. Very pleased with work surface light level and quality of light. Not cheap at $49.00 each, but...
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    building a dust trap for media blaster

    Finished building a water bucket dust filter system for the new media blaster cabinet this evening. Materials included: bucket lid vacuum-home depot special, vacuum hose kit, 2 buckets, 1 lid, 2 rubber hose connectors(1 for blast cabinet to hose, 1 for water trap to vacuume) 2-male 1" PVC...
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    Aluminum piping and 5hp compressor install

    I recently installed a Quincy 5hp 2 stage 60gal compressor in the garage. After looking at various air-pipe options between copper, black iron pipe and aluminum went with aluminum for some automotive spaying needs and did not want to deal with rust or any galvanizing material in the system...
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    Folding Reloading Bench Project

    Have a need for a folding workbench in the garage. Limited space with a raised concrete slab floor area that is 6 inch tall x 48 inch deep x 18 foot wide. Wanted a dedicated reloading bench set up, but needed work surface to fold down from time to time allowing access to air-compressor area...
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