What's in the mail?

@Courtland It's here! Usps sucks! It was supposed to be here Friday but went back and forth between 2 post offices. Then they sent me a text and said it would be Monday, then they delivered it today which is Sunday. The box had a big hole in it but all the pieces where ther, 2 bushings and 2 pins. This thing is heavy!
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I put it on my lathe just to see how it looked for size and all. I will have to re set it up to lower it as my swing is less than yours.
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This thing is solid and very well made. Now I need to find the time to make some chisels for it.
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Thanks for the curly packing peanuts!
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DLJeffs said:
Nice!! YOu even polished it up for me. When should I expect it to arrive? Thanks for those pics - Sears has that stool on sale for $59 so I sent the link to my kids and wife, as a subtle hint, you know.
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Sure wish we still had a Sears store around. Wonder if Lowes has the stool. I have to get one to honor my uncle. He and Dad both worked at Sears (in San Antonio - the one on SW Military Drive - I think!) in their hayday! Dad started out selling garden supplies and ended up managing a store. Uncle Monroe - don't know how he started, but retired as a Regional Manager for appliances. Craftsman (well Sears overall) had their iron-clad money-back guarantee. Right! Well, there were no pass-thru retailing - Sears bought, warehoused, and distributed all they sold - it was normal for the time. Retailers were a little different back then than what passes for them now. When a return came in, they put it in the back (since it had their name on it - they could not send it back to the manufacturer for a refund) and offered it to the employees who were given first chance to buy it at a deep discount - I think 15 cents on the dollar. Long-term employees with positions were also given a generous employee discount. Since many "returns" were "one-time" use purchases and had very little wear, with perseverance, one could obtain some great things at a great price. Of course, both of our houses were filled with Sears products. Now Uncle Monroe took it a step further than Dad. He bought and collected just about every Craftsman tool that they had at the time - both powered and hand. He had two garages. One attached to the house that was where the daily drives were housed at night. Then he had an standalone 5-car garage with an apartment built above. One garage spot had his RV (it was a big garage!. One spot had his boat and the other three had all the Craftsman tools and a few heavy, heavy, old timers that he inherited from his Dad. It was a rather special place for Lil Mikey to breath in that rarified tool air!
 
Today I received a package from McFeely's. I was running low on a few sizes of Spax screws. Unfortunately Menards no longer carries the 1lb box size and it's not economical to buy the smaller package sizes. Since I needed to restock some sizes, I placed an order to restock all the sizes I use - should be good for at least a few years now. Grabbed some sanding discs in a couple sizes I was running low on as well.

My hope/plan is that this is the year of the shop - after minimal shop time for so long, I'm really hoping that this year I'm able to spend time out there and get into some projects. So I've been focusing on getting the shop ready to go, getting machine maintenance done, and restocking anything I'm low on.
 
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