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It IS a ‘lower than pro quality’ wrench. But it didn’t break! Philbert

Free, Rigid-style, pipe wrench at garage sale. Cleaned up nice! Don’t laugh: the bent handle actually helps, if you are right handed! And it works with both metric and SAE pipes! Hardest part was reinstalling the springs behind the jaws. After screwing around for half an hour, I looked on...

"If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?" I asked the children in my Sunday school class. "NO!" the children all answered. "If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy...

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OK - ad popped up again! I lnow nothing about it, or the company, just looked like a different approach. Scroll to M7 Powersaw Beaver Works Leasing...

Right. These spacers just let you gauge the groove more consistently, and hopefully, reduce squeezing too tight. Philbert

Bar Gauge Kit Posting these items from some old catalogs, because sometimes we only focus on new / current products offered. I actually thought this was ‘my idea’: a set of precision milled shims to use when hammering loose guide bar grooves tight (0.050”, 0.058”, 0.063”; 0.043” wasn’t that...

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Guide Bar Straightener Another ‘NLA’ item to keep an eye out for at garage / estate sales. Hydraulic presses are used for some harvester bars. Solid guide bars are said to be easier to straighten than laminated bars, where spot welds can shear, and laminations bend differently (like multiple...

Some people find these helpful. Magnetic. Have been around a long time. 25°, 30°, and 35° combinations available. (Labels / markings are mine) Philbert

Bought one for my 511A years ago, so I’d have it if I needed it. Never needed it! Philbert

An ad popped up in my Facebook feed the other day; caught my eye, but not enough to save (enough hobbies right now). But it appeared to be quite a ‘hybrid’: circular saw blade, powered by a chain saw type motor, running on some type of track / guides. Obviously, would not work to mill large...

One of the reasons I strongly recommend holding the bar / chain securely in a vise of some kind, and using both hands to guide the file. Think of a pool cue: once you decide on the angle you want it to travel, you don’t want it to change part way through the stroke. Philbert

Ran actoss this version in an old (1990’s ?) catalog today: Looks a bit more enclosed and compact than the one at the start of this thread. Maybe related to the Oregon model? Philbert

Need sunglases! Philbert