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Did a little more shopping with the scrap metal money :) Have another 5000 or so lbs to get rid of.

A never used Albrecht 0-1/2 chuck: $125
Above on the right a Sandvik face mill, similar to the Shear-Hog
And on the left, a never used Kennametal face mill: $221 for the pair. A heck of a deal.

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And the Haas is ready to make chips. That was the easiest machine install we ever did. Run a conduit, connect the wires, connect to air, level, and ready to make chips. :)
 
JimDawson said:
Did a little more shopping with the scrap metal money :) Have another 5000 or so lbs to get rid of.

A never used Albrecht 0-1/2 chuck: $125
Above on the right a Sandvik face mill, similar to the Shear-Hog
And on the left, a never used Kennametal face mill: $221 for the pair. A heck of a deal.

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And the Haas is ready to make chips. That was the easiest machine install we ever did. Run a conduit, connect the wires, connect to air, level, and ready to make chips. :)
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Please post pictures/video of the Haas making chips. I, for one, would love to see it in operation. I'm jealous!
 
JimDawson said:
Did a little more shopping today, picked up 59 endmills from 1 1/4 inch down to 1/8 inch, including a set of corner rounders and a bunch of cobalt roughers, all new and name brand. And about 30 reamers. All for $250, it was one of those deals I couldn't pass up.

Edit: I should note that this was paid for by the 7500 lbs of scrap metal that we took to the scrap yard. A good trade in my book. :)
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Id love to find a deal like that. I have a few endmills but most are carbide and 4 flute which is great for any of my steel work but i do need some hss for aluminum work.
GoceKU said:
Today i visited couple flea markets, it's been sometime since i've bought anything from there, i did a lot walking and looking but there wasn't too many tools, but did managed to find this threading die holder with M25x1,5 die, unusual size but may come in handy, made a package deal with the threading tap which i did not realize is left thread until i got it in my shop, also bought two sets of screw drivers one for each garage.
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Ive actually been looking for one of those dies. I want to make a er16 collet holder for my sb9a but i dont have the gears for metric threading. So i have to unfortunately put that project on hold until i can either get 3d printed gears or build a indexer to make my own.
 
TomS said:
Please post pictures/video of the Haas making chips. I, for one, would love to see it in operation. I'm jealous!
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We will do that. It will be a few days, getting the palettes ready. Have a 48x96x1 MIC6 aluminum plate that will be the new palettes.
 
Yea i dont really have anyone to go to for material unless i buy from a store. My job sometimes gets a bit of material that could be used for something but bc of it being government jobs they have to keep track of all of it.
 
Brento said:
Yea i dont really have anyone to go to for material unless i buy from a store. My job sometimes gets a bit of material that could be used for something but bc of it being government jobs they have to keep track of all of it.
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Brent , I've got tons of junk material and I now know how to get it to ya ! :)
 
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