What Did You Buy Today?

Bought the manual for my Honda NT650 resto project.
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Just bid on a local auction for an 18" x 18" cast iron surface plate made by The Challenger Machinery Company out of Grand Haven Mich.
Finger crossed!!!
 
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The mailman delivered two little packages today. A 1-1/4" annular cutter, and a 6" 0.02mm/m level. I was expecting the cutter. The level was a bonus! It was a heavy little package for it's size. Understandable, since is mostly iron.
Here they are together...
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I knew my desk was out of plumb, but wow. The directions with the level were utterly worthless. The stick figure diagram was confusing and horrible. I found a video on YouTube (in Chinese) that had English subtitles that gave me a clue what to do. Adjusting level That's tomorrows project. Let's see if I can calibrate it.
 
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Well after figuring out that my spindle turns backwards and that you can't have a G00 on an X-Y positioning move after a tool change, but you can have one in retracting the tool to home position. So I finally got a part made. It's simple, but took a lot to get there.

 
WobblyHand said:
The mailman delivered two little packages today. A 1-1/4" annular cutter, and a 6" 0.02mm/m level. I was expecting the cutter. The level was a bonus! It was a heavy little package for it's size. Understandable, since is mostly iron.
Here they are together...
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I knew my desk was out of plumb, but wow. The directions with the level were utterly worthless. The stick figure diagram was confusing and horrible. I found a video on YouTube (in Chinese) that had English subtitles that gave me a clue what to do. Adjusting level That's tomorrows project. Let's see if I can calibrate it.
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I have two of the same type Chinese levels. I wouldn't comment except you mention adjusting yours.
I have two because the first one was delivered with the small vile broken. It was broken by contact between the two vials, probably during assembly/adjustment at the manufacturer. Anyway, adjustment may be the kiss of death, so be cautious.
I have opened up both of my samples to investigate the guts and have relegated both to the get-around-to-it project list. Like many (most?) items from their origin, you're best considering them a parts kit with some modification and tuning required. On the other hand, if it works OK right out of the box, consider yourself lucky and leave well enough alone.
 
This is why my lathe is almost too short when drilling out an 18" bat, this came today, it will give me a .312 wall thickness. It should make the bat lighter but still durable
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3" lathe dog. I thought I bought the whole set but I guess back then I thought I would never need the 3". Well I haven't needed to turn anything larger than 2" between centers yet but ya never know.

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Imperial tap guide to finally complete my set.
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OEM Toyota hammers made by OH Industrial Japan. They shipped from Japan yesterday & were due to arrive next Wed but they showed up today.
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I've been working 12-16 hours days for the past several weeks so I decided to treat myself, and take advantage of Glacern's summer sale. Got myself a GS-440 4" vise, $200 off with free shipping. This will be a better fit on my mill than the current 5" vise. I'll hang onto the 5" for occasional large work, but it takes a good chunk from my Y travel for regular use.

It may be quite a while until I'm home to see the new vise so no pics until then.
 
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