What Did You Buy Today?

[rwm]

Is there a thread on etching with PTouch?

 

[pontiac428]

This is one of two things I wanted to buy and not make myself... I know, I know "buy the tools to make the tools"

But this and the Langmuir Arcflat welding table have been the two things I knew that I would be buying already made.... I really did not wanted to tackle making these two tools...

Yeah, that's a strict rule. Okay, let's soften it up some. We can add provisions and clauses, that's how things evolve.

Perhaps, if you have no table to weld upon, it should be permitted that each hobbyist be allowed to purchase a suitable surface upon which to abuse scrap metal with electricity. Further, it should be granted, that with base tools such as lathes or press brakes, which may be replicated utilizing other lathes and press brakes but are not able be produced without such a machine in the first place, that the chicken before the egg clause be respected in its entirety, and a lathe or press brake may be obtained as a starter kit for producing a more suitable tool, and sold later after the newer, heavier, and the more desirable tool is fully mission capable.

 

[pontiac428]

Is there a thread on etching with PTouch?

Not yet, but there might be by tomorrow!

@wachuko, that iron chloride would work perfectly on this. It won't etch stainless and some alloys, but it's a powerful agent.

Robert, @woodchucker started it in the POTD thread with some tests he did with salt brush or swab etching. I've done immersion salt etching, it works good with a mask on aluminum and steel, but the controllable way is to use a chemical swab. When woodchucker showed what he was doing, I realized I had a perfect swab etch power supply in the Luma, and I just had to try it.

 

[jwmelvin]

…a lathe or press brake may be obtained as a starter kit for producing a more suitable tool, and

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kept in case needed to fix the newer, heavier tool.

FTFY

 

[Mauzinette]

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Finally decided to pull the trigger on this! Nice, deep shelves compared to the ROLL.UC3SM3 model. This should keep even the larger parts from falling overboard.

 

[rwm]

Albrecht-
I hope to god I can get the BT45 shank off this! Does any one need a BT45 to JT33 shank?

 

[aliva]

Is there a thread on etching with PTouch?

Watch Mattys workshop video

 

[great white]

Stack of drawers to organize my taps and dies:

 

[pontiac428]

This is what the man in brown brought today. Well, still waiting on FedEx and Amazon, but it's early yet..

If you were wondering, here's how it works for me- I have an automatic allotment set up with my paycheck that loads my personal checking (my shop fund) with an agreed-upon "allowance"... most of y'all are married, so you know the negotiation proceedings. Anyway, because I keep working and the paychecks keep coming, my allowance sometimes seems to accumulate when I'm not full bore on a project. Lately, I've been completing projects paid for in the past, and I've been avoiding starting something new. Anyway, by living frugally (two people, one Japanese kei-class economy car, 900 sqft house, 2 mile commute, etc.) and by being singularly focused on things within the 4 walls of my shop, I get to pepper this thread with posts. I do it because y'all like pics, not to boast my equipment or show off. I'm on a federal civil service salary and have never inherited a dime. My dad got me started with a lot of tools from early on, though. As tool kits, all assembly required- naturally. My point is, I post on this thread a lot but the shop is my priority and I do a lot behind the scenes to prioritize effectively.

But I digress, off topic, off topic!

I ended up buying the stupid fancy bandsaw guide setup from Grizzly. This time, the jerks twisted my arm with a 1/3 off for labor day thing, and I uncled really fast. I'd rather not make one at the moment, and they beat the price of the cheap India version made of pop can aluminum with the "free heroin" coupon they were pushing. It showed up 36 hours after ordering...



Then I got a pound of Camphor. This is something I have wanted to try. Camphor is supposed to work like VCI to put a vapor coat on steel to prevent oxides when packed in enclosed spaces. It's real cheap and it comes in sugar cube size blocks, so I can put them here and there in my drill/tap/end mill dispenser drawers and throughout my toolboxes, nut and bolt dividers, fitting kits, anything else that rusts in storage.



I will probably post another little haul in a couple hours. You know, so's you don't get startled when it happens.

 

[Eyerelief]

Then I got a pound of Camphor.

I would like to hear how the Camphor works for you. The owner of the shop where I used to work was a huge believer in Camphor. Couldn't open a tool containing drawer of his without seeing a tiny brick of Camphor inside.