2018 Archive

[jrkorman]

Well got a new toy in today's mail. Nice little "Old" Federal B2I indicator. This thing is heavy too.
Needs a new contact point but otherwise very nice.

 

[vocatexas]

I won an E-bay auction last night of a lot of hold-downs for use with a mill or shaper. Studs, T-nuts, step blocks, etc. Over 40 POUNDS worth...

 

[Lordbeezer]

I picked up a Federal C21 in with a bunch of tooling couple weeks ago..what's the difference in B and C..

 

[jrkorman]

I picked up a Federal C21 in with a bunch of tooling couple weeks ago..what's the difference in B and C..View attachment 270755

It is the size of the indicator - Found an old Federal brochure on ebay.

 

[vocatexas]

Picked up a Buckingham 62040 thread restorer on Ebay for less than $12 today. Considering what they cost new, I thought that was a score.

 

[Pirate]

Yard sale score today.
Brown & Sharp Digit-Cal Mk IV 6" digital caliper for $5. !!!!!!! Perfect condition.

 

[Cooter Brown]

I just bought a small lot of acme taps....single start, 2 start, 3 start, and 4 start taps, left and right hand.

 

[Z2V]

Amazon delivered these today. Alford Polk reamer set 1/16”-3/8” in 1/64” increments, and a arbor and saw blade.

 

[GoceKU]

Today i visited my local tool/flea market and it is that time of the year when some of the workers in Germany come on vacation and bring old tools and machines to the vendors to sell. There was some good cutters, tapered drill, reamers but they are still high on prices, there wasn't many precision of measuring tools. But i did managed to buy this good condition oil can and rotary deburring bit. But the main buy of the day ware this two big drills, the first one is a real beast, Duss Duax 4 speed 1250W MT2 machine, this thing weights around 15kg and ther is no way one person can operate it, and i'm thinking i may use it in my drill press build instead of using belt and pulleys and the other drill is also MT2 steel and hummer drill it has a good drill chuck and key on it, i may use it as is, they both work nice and quietly, all in i spend around 25$ which is a great deal.

 

[Z2V]

GoceKU, like the old oil can…