Tool needs ? Is there anyone on here that needs tools ? Mics , verniers etc

[mmcmdl]

I moved my shop 2 houses up the road in 93 . Took 6 months , and I've never recovered from the move yet ! I worked a few different places and had boxes at all of them but I recently started at a place I managed 31 years ago . Very close to home , no long commute on the Interstates , figure I may get some OT so I won't have to work these odd jobs . Now , I have both houses loaded up with tools of ALL kinds . I bought out a woodshop last year thinking I would move over to that , but those tools take up more room than my machine shop !! Anyone need wood working tools ???

 

[Brento]

Lol ok well let me know id be interested in an edge finder for home and a plunge indicator for home as well mine are at work.

 

[kd4gij]

Lol ok well let me know id be interested in an edge finder for home and a plunge indicator for home as well mine are at work.

I think he has to find his edge finder. Sorry couldn't resist

 

[mmcmdl]

I have plunge indicators by the dozen . My old stuff is ( Alinas , Mahrs , etc ) are going to be hard to part with but it's probably the time to depart with some of them . I have all types of Starretts and Federals etc I'm not really attached to as well as some of the cheap junk . They work but they are what they are .

 

[mmcmdl]

LOL ! I know exactly where my edgefinders are ! They are all in my big machinist chest . Now , alls I have to do is find that chest !

 

[Douglasr]

Looking for a DTI, do you still have any available?

 

[Brento]

With the plunge indicator ill take something from the medium price range i dont have a great anount of money on me but id rather buy something a little better then cheaper stuff and ill just have to take it from my wallet for stock and machines lol

 

[Brento]

Im only 25 i cant imagine what tool shopping will be like when im older haha

 

[middle.road]

...trimmed...
I bought out a woodshop last year thinking I would move over to that , but those tools take up more room than my machine shop !! Anyone need wood working tools ???

Woodworking tools also? Ah man, have you no mercy? That video is going to end up being separate 'chapters' isn't it?
Tools, tools, tools, perhaps I should have stuck with stamp collecting as my Son wished whenever we had to move...

 

[mmcmdl]

I was almost out of the game about 3 years or so until I got a call from my friend that I took to the company I work for now 31 years ago . I was hired as machine shop supervisor back then . They had some kick butt CNC machining centers and lathes and they were afraid to hit the Cycle Start button ! LOL . They were running HSS tooling in them . I had to get them up to speed on Carbide insert tooling , feeds and speeds , do there programming , time and attendance , all the other BS paperwork and sit behind a desk . I don't like desks so I left after a year but helped them out part time for another 6 months . My buddie is still there and is the plant manager . He asked me awhile back if I wanted to buy any of their equipment and my response was a quick , H*** NO . So of course I ended up with a Bridgeport , an Enco and the Lagun FTV2 mill . the 17 X 80 lathe and that Johnson band saw I sold to Deker on here . I really wanted to keep that Lagun but in my garage , the surface rust would have ate the machine alive . They were all in absolutely great condition . But anyway , I have my eye on a 14" lathe right now , I'll get another mill , and I'll leave it at that . I'll get rid of my many precision tooling pieces that I'll never use and stick to the basic G job machining . It's going to take quite awhile though .

The pics of the saw , athe and mills should be on HM somewhere I believe .