2017 - The Original "What Did You Buy Today?" Mega Thread

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darkzero said:
Sorry @mikey , I know I said I would be on the look out for a knurling tool for you but I just had to get these for myself when I saw them.
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Oh, no, no, no ... don't you worry about me, Will. I'm happy for you and will wait to see what those cut knurlers can do.

Actually, I'm jealous but my home improvement projects just grew from 60K to over 100K, and that's just this year. I'm on tool buying hold right now.
 
mikey said:
Oh, no, no, no ... don't you worry about me, Will. I'm happy for you and will wait to see what those cut knurlers can do.

Actually, I'm jealous but my home improvement projects just grew from 60K to over 100K, and that's just this year. I'm on tool buying hold right now.
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Mike, I suppose really I should be the one that is jealous. Sorry to hear that it's going to cost more money but it should be well worth it. I wish I had more room & a nice shop space!
 
darkzero said:
Mike, I suppose really I should be the one that is jealous. Sorry to hear that it's going to cost more money but it should be well worth it. I wish I had more room & a nice shop space!
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Yeah, worth it. I'll have more space and I'm going to air condition my shop and put in a PV battery system to get completely off the grid. Should be worth the cost but the very next tool I buy will be an Eagle Rock knurler. Keep us posted on that cut knurler, okay?
 
Four caster/leveling feet for lathe bench showed up today. Not sure if these are made by CarryMaster, but they certainly look like them, and they seem very solid. I'm impressed.
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That Eagle Rock knurling tool looks good, but they must be proud of the price as they don't even list it on the web site.
 
Yeah, they are very proud of them but most high quality knurling tools are not cheap. They don't sell direct so like most other manufacturers they don't list the price. I was very very lucky getting mine.

Those leveling casters look like Foot Masters. I never heard of Carry Master but they sure do look the same also.
 
darkzero said:
Yeah, they are very proud of them but most high quality knurling tools are not cheap. They don't sell direct so like most other manufacturers they don't list the price. I was very very lucky getting mine.

Those leveling casters look like Foot Masters. I never heard of Carry Master but they sure do look the same also.
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I think those Wood River casters are Chinese knock offs of the Korean Foot Master and Carrymaster casters. The Korean ones are very good. I have no experience with the Wood River ones ...
 
mikey said:
I think those Wood River casters are Chinese knock offs of the Korean Foot Master and Carrymaster casters. The Korean ones are very good. I have no experience with the Wood River ones ...
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Mike,
The Wood River casters are indeed made in China. I don't know where the Carrymaster (Zambus) casters are made. From what I can tell the Carrymaster casters would be about $200/set with 1300 lb capacity. I found several places that sell Carrymaster, but didn't want to hassle with calling and ordering (couldn't find any online stores that carried them). I've seen the Foot Master casters, but the only ones I could find were either too small capacity (480 lbs with 4) or as expensive as the Carrymasters ($240/4 with 2400 lb rating).

The Wood River casters seem pretty high quality, and were the lowest priced caster of that type I could find. Of course 2 days after I placed the order from Woodcraft I see two other Amazon sites with the same caster set for $30 less.:mad:
Evan
 
roadie33 said:
That Eagle Rock knurling tool looks good, but they must be proud of the price as they don't even list it on the web site.
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They do not sell direct. I called them and talked to them about their offerings and which model to get for a manual lathe.

I found them to be easy to talk to and straightforward. They also told me that they were out of stock and behind so there must be a demand for them. I bought mine from Ajax and had to wait on it even though it said it was in stock when I ordered it.

You are right, they are anything but cheap but it should last two lifetimes, mine and my son's who will inherit it. It is a brute of a tool. This new version allows for the knurls to be changed easier. Eagle Rock told me that they are likely dropping the earlier versions and moving to this one.
 
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