What Did You Buy Today?

[sycle1]

I took mine off as well. Actually couldn't even figure out to use the mill with the plastic door in place. Mine seemed to actually prevent usage of the mill. Removing the shield means I have to be extra careful in use. There have been several times when I had wished the shield was in place, if for nothing else, to contain flying chips. I need to make a shield attachment for my vise that doesn't get in the way as well as one for the table when work is clamped to the table. I've seen lots of examples here on HM, just have to make them.

Safety features should help us. They are a good thing to have. They should encourage safe practices without making our work difficult.

Yes I agree in the safety aspects, but I think sometimes the designers of these products have been in CAD too long and they seem to churn out these impractical features in everything they make.
As if no one has actually used the product.. LOL! ( but that would never happen)

 

[Rex Walters]

Jiminy. I just discovered this thread. Now to forget I ever saw it.

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
-- Mae West

 

[sycle1]

Todays arrivals, Imperial transfer pin set and an MT3 to ER32 Collet holder. With more purchases to come for the new Mill.

 

[DavidR8]

View attachment 341226 Todays arrivals, Imperial transfer pin set and an MT3 to ER32 Collet holder. With more purchases to come for the new Mill.

Nice!
I have an MT3-->ER32 sewtup for my mill. Had trouble finding one with 3/8-16 drawbar threads. Where did you find yours?

 

[sycle1]

Got mine off Ebay it has a M12 Drawbar thread.
Of course after I purchased it, I watched all the you tube videos of the horrendous runout on these ER32 collet arbors.
So I guess when my DTI arrives, I will check it and see.

 

[Winegrower]

I bought a tailstock chuck. Seems like this would be useful at times. I got it on eBay, made in India. I thought, how bad can it be?
Actually it looks pretty good, nice ground surfaces, pretty clean and dejunked. Interesting that the runout was good on the chuck body, less than 0.003" and terrible on anything held in the jaws, like 0.030" or maybe worse, I was in shock and don't quite remember. On inspection, one jaw was marked 1 and 3, another jaw was just 1, and the last was marked 2. That was unusual. Worse, unfortunately, to get the jaws to close properly, jaw 1/3 had to go into slot 1, jaw 2 into slot 2, and jaw 1 into slot 3! Took a few minutes to figure that out. After that, the runout dropped to about 0.006", probably good enough for a tailstock chuck. There is a lot of axial misalignment that produces wobble, but for the intended use, since the work will be aligned by the headstock setup, that's probably OK.

Of course I had to take it completely apart, deburr and file a little bit to get the jaws to slide sort of like they should.

The bearing is good, very smooth, no movement, so I hope that will work when I start turning something. Overall, it's about the minimum acceptable product. I can't be too critical for a $75 purchase including shipping from India.

S

 

[Cheeseking]

Remark the jaws now that you figured that part out

 

[Winegrower]

Remark the jaws now that you figured that part out

Ha ha, I'll never forget this. But my heirs might get confused, thinking the old boy really lost it there at the end.

But you make a good point, I'll do that.

 

[Rogbo]

Well, bought them on the Flea for a nickle.98 a few days ago, but they showed up today. A nice old Dietzgen made in USA drafting set. As a retired full time IT guy, I just about can't stand to turn a computer on anymore. And my 'drafting' so far is more brainstorming shapes and sizes for this little project or the other. I guess if I get more serious than our choppers and 4x4s and kids toys I'll have to turn on the workstation and learn a CAD.

 

[extropic]

Well, bought them on the Flea for a nickle.98 a few days ago, but they showed up today. A nice old Dietzgen made in USA drafting set. As a retired full time IT guy, I just about can't stand to turn a computer on anymore. And my 'drafting' so far is more brainstorming shapes and sizes for this little project or the other. I guess if I get more serious than our choppers and 4x4s and kids toys I'll have to turn on the workstation and learn a CAD.

LOL. The description of your distaste for computers related to design/drawings gives me a chuckle. I understand, and don't criticize, your point of view.
It's a great example of "different strokes for different folks".

We are about 180° out on the subject. My career involved creating designs/drawings and I loved when CAD became available to me. As a matter of fact, only after retirement did I come to realize how much I would miss free access to a top drawer CAD capability.

My Father was a draftsman and I inherited his personal tools. I've only kept, what I have, for sentimental reasons. No real practical value to me.

The computer takes all the drudgery out of putting lines on vellum. Line weights are perfect, lettering is perfect, smudges and erasure damage are nonexistent. CAD freed us from all those "housekeeping" concerns so more brain power can be focused on the design. CAD also has a curious feature in that, no matter how long I search the display for needed corrections/improvements, I will discover an issue immediately AFTER I send the file to the plotter.