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I "SNAG"ed A Couple Tool Boxes Yesterday

I saw a couple US General tool boxes listed on Nextdoor for $200. It didn't say "firm" or anything like that so I made...
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Hinge Rivets

After Jim's suggestions to make my own tool box I started looking at low volume (as in physical space) methods of creat...
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3/6 Tray Hip Roof Box

My dad gave me a decent size hip roof toolbox many years ago. It had 6 trays. Three on each side. I've never seen one l...
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Big Caliper

I've got a 12" and a 24" dial caliper. Off brands, well not Starrett or Mitutoyo anyway. Mostly I use them for roughing...
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Busted a Wheel

Busted a wheel on my welding cart... Really was thinking about retiring both of my smaller single welder carts, and get...
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Tool Gloat

SCORE ! We hit a few yard sales today and I'm pumped . My best score in some time , today I bought a Sioux valve seat g...
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Long Parallels

I'd like to have a couple sets of 8 inch parallels. Sixes work, but sometimes I can't see when one end is over the gap...
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gauge railway workshop to yard

Hello all Yup really niche question this. Friend re-concreting his workshop floor, and intends to lay mine-railway trac...
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Airing Down

The other day I went out to rescue somebody stuck in the sand. I didn't of it out of the goodness of my heart. I was he...
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Material Choice

I need to make a mounting adapter for the the ballscrew I plan to use on the Y axis of the Hurco mill. On hand I have o...
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Pressure washer wrapup

I did end up using the new carb , thought a first I wasn't going to need it but ... I did not end up using the new unlo...
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Pressure washers

I was given a Troy Bilt a couple of weeks ago because it "wouldn't build pressure" and I think I figured out why . Ther...
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I decided to fix it - Sorta Kinda

As I might have mentioned sometime back the Hurco KMB1 has developed backlash and become untunable in the Y axis, and m...
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Identify carbide parting insert?

Since my lathe is old and worn carbide tends to chip easily on it. Today I found a used parting holder and some Teledyn...
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8 comments posted 2yrs posted by muratlanne