What Did You Buy Today?

[wachuko]

Got a chance to visit @mmcmdl and bring home an arbor press stand, and some miscellaneous pieces of 80/20. The arbor stand is made of stainless and will be great for my use. I have enough 80/20 to make up a small table for another use. Was fun visiting Dave and his collection of stuff! I was most fortunate not to be driving a large vehicle, nor towing a trailer, otherwise I would have had to make a new addition to my house! He had some nice machines there. The ride back took me through a different way, that was more rural, which was a lot nicer than the ride on I-95. The last time I had been through that general area was around 1975. Was great to see it again.
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True to my word, I left room for my wife and her bags to get home. Won't have to strap her to the roof - she was worried, I get carried away sometimes

When you want to do and

 

[WhyW8]

Well, I cut loose of little green today and purchased a HF mini mill with a set of ER32 collets, also a 4" table vise. The mill had some less experience operator who milled/drilled into to the table in 2 spots other that looks ok for the run of the mill import.

 

[ChazzC]

Some of your projects sound interesting and fun. Do you post about them?

Thanks for your interest. I've posted a couple on the Home Model Engine Machine forum as well as the Home Shop Machinist forum. I also have an article in the July-August 2022 issue of The Home Shop Machinist magazine, as well as several that are in the queue for future issues.

Although I've been a member of the Hobby•Machinist forum since early 2021, I haven't been really active until recently, so I expect that you will see some of the projects mentioned above in the POTD section in the near future.


Charlie

 

[erikmannie]

I bought two Aloris brand HSS CXA parting blades for $74.58 delivered:

Parting Blade P-3W

Parting Blade P-3W

www.aloris.com

.125” groove, .750” height:



My already worn SGIH 26-4C-CX7 was damaged by a noob visitor working on my lathe while parting 1” steel hex bar. It was my fault because I did not tell him to feed very slowly. I had no idea that somebody would feed so quickly.

I have a bunch of carbon inserts, but I don’t have enough money for a new SGIH 26-4C-CX7. I was pleased to learn that a CXA7 tool holder accepts 3/4” HSS blades.

Here are pictures of the damaged insert-type parting tool. When I use this, the inserts bust pretty quickly.

 

[Aukai]

I got my Enco boring head at a great price, I just need to get the cat 40 arbor off

 

[mattthemuppet2]

woohoo! I have one just like that. I have a fairly crappy and not entirely understandable manual for it if you want one. PM your email and I'll send it over.

 

[projectnut]

Got the new 350mm aluminum cutting blade on the cold saw last night so I could make a few test cuts this morning before the temps got up to the 90's. Earlier today I took a 1 3/4" solid round of 6061 to the saw to see how accurate it would cut. I must say I was both impressed and a little concerned at the same time.

I was impressed that the blade was accurate to within .001", AND the cut looked like it had been done in a milling machine. Once the blade is broken It will surely cut faster than any of the other saws. According to seasoned professionals I should be able to cut through the 1 3/4' round stock in less than 10 seconds. However, the instructions supplied with the blade say to feed at 1/2 speed or less for the first dozen or so cuts. Keeping in line with the instructions I took a little over 20 seconds per cut.

I must say I was a bit surprised as to the amount of swarf it generated. The blade is 2.5mm wide which is slightly under .100". I'm used to the amount of swarf that's generated by either an .035" bandsaw blade or an .062" wide power hacksaw blade. It's now obvious the wider cold saw blade generates far more swarf, and in the form of chips rather than dust.

Here are a few pictures of the mess the saw makes after only cutting 4 disks .165 thick.

 

[woodchucker]

Got the new 350mm aluminum cutting blade on the cold saw last night so I could make a few test cuts this morning before the temps got up to the 90's. Earlier today I took a 1 3/4" solid round of 6061 to the saw to see how accurate it would cut. I must say I was both impressed and a little concerned at the same time.

I was impressed that the blade was accurate to within .001", AND the cut looked like it had been done in a milling machine. Once the blade is broken It will surely cut faster than any of the other saws. According to seasoned professionals I should be able to cut through the 1 3/4' round stock in less than 10 seconds. However, the instructions supplied with the blade say to feed at 1/2 speed or less for the first dozen or so cuts. Keeping in line with the instructions I took a little over 20 seconds per cut.

I must say I was a bit surprised as to the amount of swarf it generated. The blade is 2.5mm wide which is slightly under .100". I'm used to the amount of swarf that's generated by either an .035" bandsaw blade or an .062" wide power hacksaw blade. It's now obvious the wider cold saw blade generates far more swarf, and in the form of chips rather than dust.

Here are a few pictures of the mess the saw makes after only cutting 4 disks .165 thick.

chips, I don't see no stinkin chips...
I think Graham said these were chips

My Wife Said She'd Like Some Chips

So I made her some.

www.hobby-machinist.com

on a serious note, not too bad.. if you don't want the saw, I'll take it... at a discount, since it's used and covered in chips

 

[wachuko]

These came in today. Poorly packaged, so I need to now fix the wooden box. By pure luck, no parts were missing…



And bought this thinking of using the workbench for my 9”x20” lathe, but I just do not have the heart to do so…. It came with everything, including rests, chisel sets, etc. All that is in a box…. Looks like I will learn woodworking as well…

 

[Gnpenning]

I got this. Securely packed and padded from mattthemuppet2. Have to sort through and organize when I get a chance.

Thanks Matt.