Hello, My name is Richard and I am a toolaholic

[Eyerelief]

Oh, and I have never purchased an adjustable wrench like a Crescent, but I own 8

 

[Suzuki4evr]

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Dave Smith your safe, I'm referring to mmcmdl Dave.

That one

 

[Larry$]

You guys are a terrible influence! I pickup any aluminum, zinc, brass or copper I can find and melt it into usable stock. Today I'm making a bracket for my cold saw rehab out of some aluminum I had cast.

 

[Aukai]

12 round trip redeemable airline coupons with no names. I found the team mom who put them on the roof to get in her car, they were for an off island team trip.

 

[Larry$]

adjustable wrench

A device to make a hex in to a round. I've got several in both imperial and metric. They all are quite good at making rounds out of hexes.

 

[Eyerelief]

A device to make a hex in to a round. I've got several in both imperial and metric. They all are quite good at making rounds out of hexes.

Yes! And making knuckles bleed until you can get enough grease packed in the wound to stop it.

 

[Eyerelief]

I have yet to find a cure for this disease. I set out to find a CXA knurler for the Victor. I found a fella that said he had one he was going to sell. He said it was rust free, wasn't beat up and he wanted $75 for it. When I showed up at his shop, I discovered that what he was holding for me was an Aloris, and as described. He had converted to a larger lathe and was considering selling off what he had for CXA. When I asked what else he had, he said more Aloris. In the pic below, I had only the top boring bar holder and the two CXA1's to the right prior to the purchase. The other 10 he sold to me. I was able to get out the door with all 10 for $500 cash, and save him the trouble of cleaning them up. All used, but all in great shape. To be fair, I did run them through the parts washer to get the swarf, dirt and oil off of them. The other pic is the only new tool holder I have ever bought, and I bought it on Monday. I stumbled on it looking on Amazon. $180. (Buying Aloris on Amazon seems wrong to me for some reason.) Considering the price I was sure that Amazon would email me and bag my order. I like the thought of being able to swivel the pad to get the cutter at the angle that I want without loosening the QCTP, and set up to 5* of rake either side of zero. This one, the CXA-22 will also work for shallow boring. I had not seen one of these anywhere other than the big money for new so I thought this would likely be as good as I would be able to do. A new test indicator and a new turning tool all in the same life time. All to ride on top of 50+ year old equipment. Like my old man used to tell me about my hot rods, "if it don't go fast, chrome it"

 

[Janderso]

Yeah, you scored.

 

[hman]

Definite suckage. Congratulations on a great deal!

 

[Just for fun]

Looks like you did well Eyerelief. The new chrome on the Hot Rod is going to look great! LOL