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So my daughter wanted to show my wife and I a new antique/junk shop she'd found... cool place but nothing really interesting, there was a box of lathe bits but I didn't need them, so we stopped at another shop on the way home. Saw a plastic box labeled "last word, $20.00"... inside were eight #711 Last Word indicators, all mounted in fixtures that were obviously from some kind of production setup. Had to recheck the label to be sure, then thought maybe $20 apiece, but no, I got all 8 for $20... the guy asked me what they were, he had no idea (the best kind of seller!). Asked if I was a machinist ("no, I just make things"), "you got machines at home?", yes, "can you make something like a firing pin for a rifle?", "sorry, no, I don't have a lathe." (guy seemed sketchy, didn't want to go there).
Anyway, a couple of the indicators don't seem to work, probably gunked up or maybe it's the fixtures they're in, but the others are fine. Since the cheapo Chinese DTI I bought last year to tram my mill seems to have rusted up already, the timing here was perfect.
Anyway, a couple of the indicators don't seem to work, probably gunked up or maybe it's the fixtures they're in, but the others are fine. Since the cheapo Chinese DTI I bought last year to tram my mill seems to have rusted up already, the timing here was perfect.
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