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

[Lordbeezer]

Have picked up a few winter projects..12" Seneca falls lathe.12"Logan powermatic.10"Sheldon LWQE.and yesterday a nice 12" long bed clausing 100 mk 3..I'm keeping that one..trading the powermatic for a 10"Sheldon .south bend model c.dalton.dont know model and a small magnetic chuck...also picked up a 10"bench grinder..it's 440v but it looks so cool.

 

[Ken from ontario]

Oh, forgot to mention that the clamping kit T-nuts have a through thread. First for me as I'm used to seeing T-nuts having purposely damaged threads on the bottom so you don't run the studs into the table. Might be a good thing to check if you're buying a cheap set off eBay. I'll take a whack on the bottom with a ball peen and see what that does.

Bruce

I got a cheap T nut set just like your with the red plastic holder, luckily mine were plugged, for the few T nuts I made myself I used a small cold chisel with a very small tip (shop made) to sort of damage the threads .I'm surprised yours is through thread. great buy nevertheless.

 

[richl]

Not bad, it's not mirror smooth, but it is flat and smooth to the touch. This was hand feed, and I am using the Chinese inserts, which are not exactly concentric and regular in size. This is about 30.00 with head, arbor shafts (.75") and a box of 10 inserts. I'm pretty sure about the price, I would have to check my orders.
Cuts were in the range of 2-3 thousandths, I did not want to stress the head or the inserts.

My verdict, I'm happy with my purchase, I will know more in the next couple of weeks, but right now, I only want and need something that can give me a decent fly cuting that can be cleaned up with some lapping and a stone.

If money is tight, and you would like to try a multi cutter insert, this is a pretty decent lowbuck entry point. Not positive about its long range durability, the hold down screws for the inserts and the pull down holders are questionable, I guess they are replaceable with better ones...
(Edit) cuts were done on some old gummy crs 1018 I had in the shop.

 

[GoceKU]

Today i visited the tool market, there are couple of seller offering some old quality tools but most of them are in terrible shape and not worth messing with, but i managed to buy this big lathe dog, not sure what 100 mm i will run in between centers but is nice to have it when i need it, also bought 5 hydraulic short hoses, i'm planning to build a electric hydraulic press in the future and is nice to have them when i need them.

 

[GoceKU]

Another day another tools purchase, today visited an machinery seller no luck with buying a mill, but bought this 21mm taper drill bit used, couple tools marks on the shank, but still sharp as new and made in germany, litle surfice rust, next thing i bought was this machinist's square little surface rust, much less then looks on the pictures, not sure how made it, but looked practical.

 

[Zathros]

Today the mailman delivered a new joyfull package,
2 wooden boxes for My collets wich Will be filled with foam inlays and cut out to My needs. The boxes inside the wooden ones Will be Used for other needly purposes, like fishing hooks
Recoil mullet and rubber mullet.
Drilgauge and by mistake 20 blades instead of the 2 I ordered and payed for



And If i didn’t own Any mullets
Well not too many though

About à quarter of the Total Sum is shown in this pic.


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[GoceKU]

Today i finally managed to find a green stone to fit may bench grinder, i had to drive to a neighboring city to buy it, but now i have a proper stone for carbide, also bought two more end mills, one straight one taper shank.

 

[Ken from ontario]

And If i didn’t own Any mullets
Well not too many though
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About à quarter of the Total Sum is shown in this pic.


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You are short of a few more brass mallets though, don't you think?

 

[Zathros]

You are short of a few more brass mallets though, don't you think?

I know even. Not thinking straight just know I need more.


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[mmcmdl]

For those of us who are , um , somewhat in our later years .................could we start a thread titled " What did I sell today " ?? Or will I get ?

LOL . I just got rid of 1 of my 6 compressors . An empty 2 square feet in the garage . Oh crap , I'm back to buying to fill that empty space !!