What Did You Buy Today?

[woodchucker]

Came out great. I thought Lisle provided the badges. I guess I misread that post.
So how well does it work? I never see those avail.

 

[pavyan]

Hi,
Well, I think I am finally done with this refurb.

Mounted the Grinder on a MDF Base, made a holder for the Wheel Dresser and...

Found a Gentleman to make me a new Label.

Had a lot of fun with this Little Machine, and look forward to using it! View attachment 510273View attachment 510274

Beautiful little machine!

 

[Shiseiji]

Got one, in pink, for my wife…

Let me get the story straight… she saw it and asked for it… she already has it full with her stuff.

I showed it to mine, hoping for a positive response (apparently no emoji in responses). She was disappointingly 'meh'.

 

[Shiseiji]

I picked up this cool JT Slocomb mic off of E-Bay. Do I need another mic? Well no, but this thing is too cool not to have.

Darn it, I agree. I have a taste for mechanical digital mics. Am just about to post my latest.

 

[Shiseiji]

As mentioned, I have a thing for mechanical digital read out mics. Can justify this as a combination imperial & metric.

 

[coolidge]

100,000 lumens of LED shop lights.

 

[PHPaul]

Not today, but recently. There have been several times when a mag drill would have been handy, but the price tag always put me off. After seeing several YouTube reviews of Vevor mag drills and looking at the price point, I decided to pull the trigger.

It didn't hurt that I had 2/3rds of the price in Home Depot gift cards. That and my 10% military discount put my out-of-pocket at less than $100.

Of course, as with most things we amateur machinists find fascinating, it's the tooling that gets ya! I bought a cheapo set of annular cutters off China-Zon to get the project at hand done and successfully drilled eight 1/2" holes through roughly 5/8ths of an inch of mild steel, but I could already see some wear on the teeth after that one job. Better cutters will be added to the inventory as the need arises.

 

[ChazzC]

As mentioned, I have a thing for mechanical digital read out mics. Can justify this as a combination imperial & metric.
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After the discussions about my Mitutoyo Digital Caliper needing a new battery, I decided to treat myself to 1 – 2"/25 – 50mm & 2 – 3"/50 – 75mm CombiMikes. Photos next week when they arrive, but here's my 0 – 1"/0 – 25mm:


Yes, it's in a Starrett box!

 

[coolidge]

Yes, it's in a Starrett box!

Blasphemy!

 

[ChazzC]

Blasphemy!

But it's one of the nice boxes, not the new plastic ones.