Why, it stands for Art Deco Revival, of course! This was another impulse buy, finger went to the "buy" button all by itself, nothing I could do...
i was installing a vintage(?) 20-drawer file cabinet but couldn't fully close the bottom right drawer, labeled "Lambda." Using grabber Tool, I...
Ok I have soooo much stuff in multiples from the various businesses I've had, and yup, just hoarding, I've gotta get rid of some. My initial...
This post will be more fun if y'all guess what The Thing is. It really isn't hard, I'll bet even the non-techies here can figure it out. The...
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One day months ago when I returned from a Tool-buying trip, I made 18 short videos as I unloaded mostly-unknown tools and instruments from the...
I'd never seen nor heard of "forged rivetless chain" until I got some in a box of surplus stuff I bought. Had to look it up. Mr. Google says it...
I bought 200 lbs of little beads, 2nd hand, thinking they might be porcelain media. Media in this sense are masses of small, hard, identical...
See what u think. I have my doubts. I'd like to see the found object subjected to XRF analysis. I wonder what's in Spain's extensive archives...
u pickup in Alexandria, Va. Free! Most are white oak, some pine and various other woods. All shapes and sizes of pallets! Common uses besides...
Here's a thread of possible interest on the Company of Military Historians forum-it is safe if you are one of our linkophobes. I wasn't sure of...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Morrison-Keyseater-1-1-4-/352018365896?hash=item51f5edfdc8:g:rJwAAOSwhQhY2UX1 Well looks pretty typical, huh? I was in...
Have been offered in trade a new unused electric roll press which seems to be the $5k one in this ad. If I could sell it quick for $3k I'd do...
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The Basiliscoe Mercury 265 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Arms and armour in the news Several stories about...
Today was another day at the machinery dealers' liquidation, I bought stuff that looked like it might prove useful at our biz, or might be...
The seller said these were fancy fence sections, cost over $100 ea section new, but I'm not sure at allnThey are about 10' x 5', coated with some...
Composition body, far's we can tell. 20"x12"x14" not incl shade. Where's she from? Bottom is felt-covered. Wife found her at a thrift today...
I've been buying machine tools and accessories from this man, sporadically, for 30 years. Now he's going out of biz, and selling everything...
Pix not in any logical order, sry, Machine weighs about a ton and is a "coining press." It rolls impressions into metal nameplates for motors...
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