What Did You Buy Today?

[ivel03]

Got some scrap today!








Guess it was in 12' lengths and typically goes through a Brown & Sharp screw machine but some? of this stock was bent or rusty or whatever so they were scrapping it. I was in the right place at the right time and the cost was FREE!

There's some a bit over 1", quite a bit of 7/8, 3/4, 5/8 and 1/2. There's even some polished or ground rod in there. Also included was some flat bar stock and some 1/4 round stock.

 

[Gaffer]

You’ve earned the:


Very well done,sir

 

[mmcmdl]

I did get a couple of 2-drawer cabinets with heavy-duty ball bearing slides. They were originally used to store punch tapes for Numerical Control machine tools, 120 plastic cases per drawer.

Oh wow ! I had them down the basement and somebody on here ended up with them during a visit . Yes , they were to store the old paper/mylar NC tapes . Still have many of the little blue canisters .

 

[dkemppai]

Got some scrap today!

Do you know the material? That would be a real haul if material is known!

 

[mmcmdl]

Got some scrap today!

Did that come out of the Pall plant ? I read on a Yahoo site that 30 or so employees were laid off but not sure at what plant .

 

[ivel03]

Most all of it is 12L14 cold rolled steel. The flat stock is mild steel, not sure exactly what but will be fine for the projects i'll use it for.

It did not come from the Pall plant.

 

[Dyspnea]

Was in the hunt at the thrift shops for pewter today. Found a small amount.

But I found this for $5, looks like it was part of a desk for a dual monitor setup.

But should easily be converted to hold a dro for my DRO’less mill.

 

[wachuko]

...

So I got the following:

...
Starrett Steel Automatic Center Punch with Adjustable Stroke ( 18C ) - for the life of me, I can't find my center punch...had to get another one to be able to find it...
...

What did I tell you!? At least the one I recently ordered is an 18C... Found, not just one, but two center punch... both 18A one much older than the other... and, of course, both were sitting right next to each other, good grief...



These arrived...





A few weeks back there was a discussion on sprayers... and I took mine out and notice the filler valve got damaged... so ordered a new one and a few spare tips...



Installed...

 

[rwm]

Can't wait for the forging thread!

 

[wachuko]

Can't wait for the forging thread!

I will start one when everything is here and I am ready to give it a try...

For now, I went ahead and applied the rigidizer to the forge/furnace... I will give it 24 hours to cure/dry and then apply the refractory cement tomorrow.