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I ran across this while surfing the internet this morning. I thought it was funny.

I wandered through a pawn shop last week and noticed a small bench vise. I am looking for a bigger one but went over to have a look at it. Surprisingly to me it was a Bison vise made in Poland. Model PJWT-80. I consider this to be one of my best ever finds in a pawn shop and it was only $30. I...

I recently looked up some prices for round bearing bronze and wow is it expensive. I occasionally have access to some bearing bronze that is left over from turnings. Would it be practical to melt it down and cast it into slugs? How difficult is it to avoid it being too porous to use? I have...

Is anyone familiar with this type of machine? If so what is it. I saw it in an ad and had no idea what it was.

Like the title says does anyone know of a place where they stock and will sell 2024-T3 bar stock. A friend of mine needs some. He currently get's told "oh, that's exotic and only used on airplanes. We have to beg our other office to get some to sell you." He prefers a place that will cut to size...

Cleaning out some things and I ran across an Emco compact 5 tool block. I no longer have any use for it because I moved on to bigger equipment a long time ago. There is some surface rust but the bottom mating surface is quite clean. Part is free to anyone with a compact 5 that can use it. It...

I know from previous threads on here that there are a few farmers on here so I think it's as good a place as any to ask a question. What is the proper name for this weed and is there any practical way to control it? It grows in damp areas in my fields. This year it is growing like crazy. We are...

My guess is a slide hammer if the brass part moves freely? Anyone else have a different idea.

I have a set of bore gauges but have never been able to afford a bore gauge setter. There are a couple of them available now on GC Surplus. There was another one but I already bought it. I really hope this tool is what I think it is and I did not make a mistake buying it. They are in the Halifax...

So a job that comes up often is the need to remove 2 small flanged bushings. They are installed in a lug from opposite directions so there is not much room to work. There is only a small gap about .100" where the bushing ends meet. The standard method is to get in there with a pin punch usually...