What Did You Buy Today?

[coolidge]

Well, I've never replaced bearings in a motor. I guess I will watch a couple of youtube videos and check it out.

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[Jussi H.]

Had to pick up this insanely good deal from Amazon UK:



The same set in Finland costs almost ten times that



E: The Finnish price above is without VAT (25,5%).

 

[woodchucker]

I saw the 5 in 1 on sale, I was going to buy the Milton's at $17 a piece, but for $8.99 I could not resist the HF units. We'll see.
Also I have the dust deputy for my metal shop, and I need a portable unit for the sandblaster cab, and others. I have a bunch of Thein cyclones, and all of them work pretty good. I think this will remain mobile unlike all the others.

 

[Larry$]

The Finnish price above is without VAT (25,5%).

Yikes!

 

[woodchucker]

well the dust collector is going back. WTF are they thinking. It says it will do 2 1/2 inch vac hoses. well it does with the single adapter they provide, it necks it down to 1 1/4.. Stupid stuff. I want 2 1/2 full suction. Very disappointing. I could get it to work, but for $49 I can get a Oneida 2.5 dust deputy.

Amazon.com

 

[Gnpenning]

Well, I've never replaced bearings in a motor. I guess I will watch a couple of youtube videos and check it out.

This is something we all say the first time. If I can do it you got this. Plenty of support here if you have issues.

 

[pontiac428]

well the dust collector is going back. WTF are they thinking. It says it will do 2 1/2 inch vac hoses. well it does with the single adapter they provide, it necks it down to 1 1/4.. Stupid stuff. I want 2 1/2 full suction. Very disappointing. I could get it to work, but for $49 I can get a Oneida 2.5 dust deputy.

Amazon.com

The 1-1/4" neck down is there for a reason, as a (pseudo) critical orifice. Cyclone action and dust transport is a function of velocity. At the same volume, velocity is inverse to duct cross sectional area. There is a limit though, the faster the air moves in the cyclone, the larger the particle size cut point that passes through to the shop vac becomes. Since we aren't told by the seller what the engineering specs on the cyclone are to begin with, it makes it difficult to optimize the system for efficiency.

 

[woodchucker]

The 1-1/4" neck down is there for a reason, as a (pseudo) critical orifice. Cyclone action and dust transport is a function of velocity. At the same volume, velocity is inverse to duct cross sectional area. There is a limit though, the faster the air moves in the cyclone, the larger the particle size cut point that passes through to the shop vac becomes. Since we aren't told by the seller what the engineering specs on the cyclone are to begin with, it makes it difficult to optimize the system for efficiency.

Ok, but the vac hoses still don't attach to the off sizes they used. An external adapter slides right off, so the hose won't stay on. The adapter the provided grabs less than 1/8 inch of the hose end. Just bull crap. And yet Oneida's appears to support the 2.25 hose end, and so does the home Depot dust topper.i want my cake and Edith too.

 

[455dan]

Harbor Freight Maddox Ball Joint C clamp service Kit for $55 $35 off for inside track members today.

I have the older cheaper HF model but broke it in half several years ago then rewelded together and has done a few rigs since but hit a hard stuck ball joint on a Jeep yesterday and managed to bend it to where the axis is Way off, amazingly the 7018 weld never broke though..

Also once again needed the lathe to make some adaptors to fit around the outside of the ball joint for pressing out.

With the new Kit should have plenty of size options, but the lathe is a real time saver when you have stock but no correct sized adapter without a long trip to town that may or may not yield results.

Oh and Happy New Year Everyone, Hope it is a Good One for All of Us.

 

[Shiseiji]

TEMCo toe jack in prep for moving the 6,600 lb bed mill into it's permanent spot.

From a video recommendation for spindle angular contact bearings. A forum member posted a link to the video, apparently the video guy rebuilds spindles for a living.

$156.88 $11.12 per Ounce ($11.12 / Ounce)
I know it's worth it, but still . . .