What Did You Buy Today?

[WobblyHand]

I broke down and bought a Miller Coolmate 3.5 tig cooler, to go with the Dynasty 350, I own. The 3 gallons of anti-freeze coolant, was close tot $100. Damn this is getting expensive.

You are not going to regret the cooler. With a water cooled tig you can weld as long as you like, or you hit the machine duty cycle limit. Air cooled, well, it just gets too hot to handle. Have fun with it!

 

[pontiac428]

Miller TIG coolant is made out of 1/3rd propylene glycol (available for $20 a gallon or less), 2/3rds distilled water, and two shot glasses of benzalkonium chloride (or equivalent cheap quaternary amine). That's it, no voodoo, no black magic, just cheap components mixed by someone else that mysteriously go up 3x in cost when bottled. Last time I bought Miller coolant, it was $60/gallon. I pulled the datasheets and Bob's your uncle.

 

[hman]

@BROCKWOOD - Nice score! Those all look like high quality tools. Minor rust on the Kurt shouldn't be a problem at all.

 

[Crankit]

Small Kennedy box from a retired owner of Tool & Die shop that he had never used since he bought in 2014

 

[JRaut]

I recently bought several items at auction, including a Dorian size DA* QCTP w/ 6 holders.

I was planning on selling off the Dorian set, but it's a perfect fit on my 10" Montgomery Wards lathe, don't you think??




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AXA = 2.5" square tool post footprint
BXA = 3.0" square
CXA = 3.5" square
CA = 4.0" square
DA = 5.0" square
EA = 6.0" square

 

[mmcmdl]

Looks like a perfect fit !

 

[Papa Charlie]

I recently bought several items at auction, including a Dorian size DA* QCTP w/ 6 holders.

I was planning on selling off the Dorian set, but it's a perfect fit on my 10" Montgomery Wards lathe, don't you think??

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AXA = 2.5" square tool post footprint
BXA = 3.0" square
CXA = 3.5" square
CA = 4.0" square
DA = 5.0" square
EA = 6.0" square

I think it fits perfect. You won't have to worry about tool chatter at least and it will help hold your lathe down in place.
One of those new costs as much as many of our lathes. Not including the tool holders.

 

[darkzero]

Received a bunch of little red boxes to organize my tool bench. Maybe this will calm some of the chaos! Here are some of them.
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Schaller Corporation. They are on eBay, or you can buy direct from them. I measured a lot of stuff, made a list, and figured out what boxes would fit. Took a lot longer to make the master list than I expected! Being close by, I received them in 1 day via UPS!

I love Schaller bins. I don't have a whole lot of them (well not a crazy amount like some guys do) as I'm not using them in my tool box drawers but I should. But again I love them, just wish they had cheaper shipping options so I can buy what I need instead of trying to make it worthwhile & but what I think I'll need.

 

[Ianagos]

I recently bought several items at auction, including a Dorian size DA* QCTP w/ 6 holders.

I was planning on selling off the Dorian set, but it's a perfect fit on my 10" Montgomery Wards lathe, don't you think??

View attachment 335641


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AXA = 2.5" square tool post footprint
BXA = 3.0" square
CXA = 3.5" square
CA = 4.0" square
DA = 5.0" square
EA = 6.0" square

Just remove the compound and use just that toolpost.

 

[addertooth]

I have to level my new mini lathe. Today I purchased a truly ancient Starrett 98-12 three vial version (back when they had a glossy black finish instead of the more modern crackle black finish). It will be used to get a more accurate level than my current level (a Brown and Sharpe catalog #438 four piece machinist combination square).