[Noteworthy] Was Santa good to you?

[jocat54]

I bought myself this Blake co-axial centering indicator off Ebay for Christmas.

I just bought the exact same Blake Indicator. It works great. For Christmas I bought myself the LMS Z axis spring conversion kit with the extended Z axis rack.

Your going to really like that upgrade.......best thing I have done to my mini mill.

 

[OldMachinist]

I finally got the christmas presents for the shop today. FedEx Home Delivery driver doesn't seem to be able to drive if there's a snow flake around.

I'm getting older and my 12" rotary table weights over 100 lbs. I felt I was going hurt something if I didn't come up with a way to move it on and off the mill. I found this Sky Hook for cheap because the chain was bound up inside(10 min. fix). I'll need to make a bracket to bolt down on the table for it to attach to.



I also got a utility cart to put the rotary table, dividing head and vise on when their not on the mill.

 

[Phils69]

Love that Blake coaxial indicator. I've had mine for at least 15 years and still going strong. Santa hit Craigslist and got me a 4 cabinet letter,# fraction and tap Huot set about 50% filled. He also got me a used Kennedy box filled to the brim with reamers, taps and other stuff. He also got me a new drawbar for the mill.

 

[gnerdalot]

Wife and I bought ourselves gifts this year - been years since we had enough leftover after everything so we enjoyed it. What made it fun was the 5 days it sat wrapped under the tree - we have to wait for Santa too.. I got a HF 5 speed drill press and a ShopFox sliding vice, dewalt drill bit set, and an import caliper. Basically 50lbs of iron and copper with traces of other materials.

First project was a bit holder - found 2 oak chairs by someones garbage - grabbed that on the way home from a bible meeting. I wanted to build something - anything. I ended up moving the spade bits out but the holder is useful for other oft used bits and doodads..