What Did You Buy Today?

[yota]

Bought these Brown and Sharpe Besttest indicators off Marketplace today. Supposed to have come from a retiree at the Barrett Rifle Plant. View attachment 500839

nice.

 

[ChazzC]

Amazon

Also Ace Hardware: more expensive than Amazon, but I used my “one item 50% off” Black Friday coupon for the 1-1/2” one last year.



I like the thin jaws and shorty handles.

 

[coolidge]

Also Ace Hardware: more expensive than Amazon, but I used my “one item 50% off” Black Friday coupon for the 1-1/2” one last year.

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I like the thin jaws and shorty handles.

Where did you get that set of spanner wrenches with the red handles?

 

[ChazzC]

Where did you get that set of spanner wrenches with the red handles?

IIRC, HF, Amazon & eBay over a period of years. Some may be extras from various ER holders/chucks/blocks (only need one near the lathe/mill and for a while a spanner was included with every purchase).

 

[ChandlerJPerry]

A nice assortment of taps, reamers, and a few endmills for a crisp $100 bill. Being sold by a widow clearing out her husband's machine shop. There was more including a like new set of starrett mics still in case but sadly I had a hard $100 limit today.

 

[ivel03]

Got loose at an auction today! I'll be putting surplus in the for sale section.









Got this nice 8" rotary table. Don't see a name on it but it does say Made in Japan and has very little backlash.

 

[ivel03]

The Kennedy middle section was slightly different than my bottom but it fit with a piece of plywood

 

[ivel03]

Now for the what is it section of the show:



OK - this is a Grafar Auto-Gel precision gel punching systems - i bought it b/c it looked cool but i have no idea what it's used for. Ideas?

Second Item:



Shop made something or other.... Has a counter bore and the brass ring screws onto the aluminum section and is threaded on the other end.


Last item ratchets in either direction by pulling a toggle. The end opposite the chuck is tapered. The chuck says Goodell-Pratt on it . If i had to guess i'd say it's a hand tapping device.

 

[ChazzC]

Working on a big project. Spent a bunch of money with Bolt Depot. All 3/4" grade 8 stuff.
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I have a somewhat smaller order coming Tuesday, 3/8" thick SS flange washers (landscaping project) and some 1/4-20 FHCS. I have purchased 3/4-16 hardware, but only a couple of Aluminum bolts.

 

[ChazzC]

The Kennedy middle section was slightly different than my bottom but it fit with a piece of plywood

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I've done that, but either added a backstop to prevent the boxes from being pushed off the back or fastening the box to the plywood.