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Can't help but brag - this showed up on the porch today: <a href="http://s802.photobucket.com/user/toolusinganimal/media/KIMG0032.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/toolusinganimal/KIMG0032.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo KIMG0032.jpg"/></a> Inside, the...

I've got a Kreg K4 kit, but I wish I had the vacuum attachment and clamp. I use it for just about everything now. Pocket holes and glue make a joint that really holds up. My first big project is this bookcase, which I'll probably get around to staining this weekend. Ignore the uneven top, it...

I bought this ratchet for $5 over the weekend, and I couldn't wait to show and tell :beer:. When I first picked it up, I thought "What the hell's a Raftsman?" Dummy :lol_hitti. I had to have it! The front: I opened it up when I got it home. The grease didn't age well. The head was...

Jason; No, the cistern is still a mystery. I'll have to do more work over there before long, though, so I'll look into it then. Thanks for looking! If I can help with your tools, let me know. I got the bearings in, and they dropped right into the ram. I tightened the rings down on them...

Thanks, everyone. I haven't been idle :beer: I took the spindle apart and it turns out that I need new bearings. Not at all because I crushed one of them getting it out :mad:. It turns out that they aren't press-in, there's a threaded retaining ring that holds each of them in. Turn that...

Here's my order: Long and short funnel (VERY nice!), 12" Wilde pry bar that I've already gotten the chance to abuse, 3/8 Wright ratchet from the sale section (needs oil, but it's very nicely made), free pliers :D, thread file, nail setter, large, medium, and small Grace handles, a bunch of...

daus300b: Hey, drill press brother :thumbup:. I'm a mechanical guy, so most of the time I remove the paint by mechanical means: These, and the wire wheel on my bench grinder, have been my bread and butter in this project. I figure any paint that survives that is tough enough to stay there...

Darnit, I was keeping it under $100 until I saw those drills. Oh well :D. Happy 4th!

Odis, that's a good idea! You also reminded me of something. I lost the pictures I took of the finished plane before I posted them, but I had coated the handles with paste wax like Shoottx recommended and reassembled everything. To make it really slick, I also coated the sole with paste wax...

I'm in - add RI to the list :thumbup:

There it is, in black and white: Thanks ODIS and spongerich!

The fun part - Reassembly! If you look close... I scraped and sanded the excess paint off half of the base. Sanding very lightly left a nice finish. Cleaned up... I coated the bare metal, including the column, with nu-finish. I guess that officially makes me a tool polisher :D...

+1 again for the HF box. I have one, it holds all the tools I need and it's pretty sturdy. I was looking for workbenches the other day for work, and I noticed that Global Industrial has their own brand of sliding-top tool cart, very reasonably priced. I don't know much about it, but the...

Well, at least I've done something in the last two weeks. Never as much as I intend to, though. I painted the base, top and bottom. I'm going to clean the paint off the top surface and try a coat of nu-finish to help keep the rust off for a while. I really like the way this paint is coming...

Kevin54 and HSpencer; I avoided that question on purpose, sorry about that :o. There are few enough of that type of building in the city that if I said what it was, it would be easy to find me. Sadly it's not one of the old textile factories around here. I love those old buildings, and it...

Back in black. Err, green :lol:. I skipped pictures of the cleaning and painting because it was pretty tedious and messy. An angle grinder with a cup brush did most of the work. Here's the first foot. Looking sturdy! Got the feet on and flipped it upright this morning. Other than...

Shoottx: Thanks for the info, and I think you're right about the table. It had plenty of holes in it but none for mounting the drill press. I added some and it reminded me of something from when I used to do this more often; when you're drilling holes with a hand drill in steel or iron, and...

<----- Watch out! Beautiful job on the restoration. That's a very nice lathe :beer:

Thanks for your encouragement, everyone :D Lately I've been looking into adjustable feet. I've always intended to make some for the lathe, but the drill press is really going to need some soon. It's really uneven where it sits. So, I drew this up: For reference, the dock washer is 1/4...

Well, I had taken a bunch of pictures for this next update, but then I dropped my phone and bang, they're gone :willy_nil . So you'll have to look at these pictures and try to spot what's changed. I took another picture of one thing I did that I really like, though. If you remember, I had to...