What Did You Buy Today?

[snoopdog]

A little buyers remorse, guy was selling this J@L PC-14, said it was going to scrap if it didn't sell for what I thought was a high price. Couple of days later after initial contact, he contacts me again, and I shoot him a lowball price, cause I don't need it, don't have room for it, just didn't want to see it scrapped. Well, now I own the darn thing, gotta pick it up tomorrow.

 

[Choiliefan]

Nice find.
Mercury arc lamp?
Might be expensive to replace so guard it with care.

 

[yota]

filled a hole in my drill bit collection this morning with a NOS set of Union Butterfield Letter drills.

 

[IHinIN]

Got the enclosure I ordered for my mill. It is a Vevor 16”x20”x10” I found on sale for $72. It is a quality piece that’s comparable to a Hoffman or Rittal box.

 

[7milesup]

Got the enclosure I ordered for my mill. It is a Vevor 16”x20”x10” I found on sale for $72. It is a quality piece that’s comparable to a Hoffman or Rittal box.

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Those Vevor electrical cabinets are excellent for the price. I have one on the side of my mill for the VFD and other assorted electrical goodies.

 

[Scra99tch]

Found this Green Instruments Grinderfor 10$ at the Fryeburg Flea Market. Needed a new cord and some de-rusting. Only information I have found is it was/is and engraving company that made these to sharpen their engraving bits. The model 208 was able to do multiple lipped cutters.

 

[yota]

very nice. I like the micrometer for moving the tool being ground into and away from the grinding wheel. is this for sharpening milling cutters or drills, or something else?

 

[ChazzC]

Church Flea Market Finds (dropped off donations and was encouraged to do some early shopping):



Very nice wooden cigar box (50¢) that will eventually be used to store some kind of metrology, and a 1-1/2 lbs. SS commemorative (Morland Valve 25th Anniversary) anvil paperweight (75¢) that may see other use than applying gravity to papers.

 

[dkemppai]

A little buyers remorse, guy was selling this J@L PC-14, said it was going to scrap if it didn't sell for what I thought was a high price. Couple of days later after initial contact, he contacts me again, and I shoot him a lowball price, cause I don't need it, don't have room for it, just didn't want to see it scrapped. Well, now I own the darn thing, gotta pick it up tomorrow.View attachment 497908

Just a thought... LOL

Optical comparator LED Upgrade.

This project started out as a 'wish list' find. An 8" bench top optical comparator, which of course needed bulbs. Given that bulbs are impossible to find and expensive, an LED upgrade was eminent. The first step was to identify the LED. The filament in these style bulbs are designed to provide...

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[dkemppai]

very nice. I like the micrometer for moving the tool being ground into and away from the grinding wheel. is this for sharpening milling cutters or drills, or something else?

Guessing for hand gravers, for engraving bulino or bank note style metal plates, or engraving decoration on metal objects.
Guessing an old school version of something like this:

GraverHone® VS Complete Dual Angle Sharpening System, 110 V - GRS

Rough, sharpen, and polish high speed steel or carbide gravers faster with the GraverHone VS. This variable speed hone features...

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