What Did You Buy Today?

[Rogbo]

I have a build thread going for my CNC conversion I'll write more about this, but "what did you buy today" is my favorite shop game...

Just delivered from Amazon is my Asus VT229H 21.5" touch screen monitor and AcePC i5 mini computer. While I've laid out a bunch of cash, these are the very first pieces to come in!

 

[mattthemuppet2]

@mattthemuppet2 - Strange mike indeed ... the digits read millimeters, while the barrel reads inches. Must have some INCREDIBLY complex gearing for both of 'em to be correct.

I have a 3” - 4” like that with the inch spindle and metric digit counter. By the box, Mitutoyo called them a “Combimike”.

-frank

yep, I was a bit confused at first until I looked at the plate (should have read the box really) and very faintly saw Combimike and both 0-25mm and 0-1" The mm digits are turned by 3 small gears behind that face plate that are indexed (somehow) to a groove in the side of the mic spindle. It'll be pretty handy if I can get it working properly.

Even better, today I sold some parts from an auction I went to which pretty much paid for this stuff Doing this will never make me rich, but it sure makes me happy!

 

[JRaut]

Got myself a little Postel die filer. Not much information online about them, other than folks complaining about a lack of information.

Made just a couple miles from my house in Minneapolis in, dunno, the 40s? 50s? Who knows...

The old Westinghouse 1/4hp motor has open bearings with Gits oilers. Maybe that's a clue.

Anyway, anyone know where to find some replacement files for something like this? The one it came with is dull as a crayon. It's about 3.5" overall in length with a 1/4" round shank.

 

[Aaron_W]

Got myself a little Postel die filer. Not much information online about them, other than folks complaining about a lack of information.

Made just a couple miles from my house in Minneapolis in, dunno, the 40s? 50s? Who knows...

The old Westinghouse 1/4hp motor has open bearings with Gits oilers. Maybe that's a clue.

Anyway, anyone know where to find some replacement files for something like this? The one it came with is dull as a crayon. It's about 3.5" overall in length with a 1/4" round shank.

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This company has files for some die filing machines.

Falcon machine files

A neat little machine you have there.

 

[sycle1]

Just got this cheap metal bandsaw, pretty impressed with it so far.

 

[Papa Charlie]

Just got this cheap metal bandsaw, pretty impressed with it so far.

That will work just fine. Nice looking unit too.

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

Bought a HFT 4x6 band saw. Immediately changed blade to a Starrett Intense Bi-metal and spent about 2 hours tuning it up....the lower blade guide striped out. I so rarely buy HFT and said I'd never buy anything that plugs in. Now all I have to do is disassemble it and take it back to swap it. ugh. Is there a black cloud floating above my house?

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

I have a build thread going for my CNC conversion I'll write more about this, but "what did you buy today" is my favorite shop game...

Just delivered from Amazon is my Asus VT229H 21.5" touch screen monitor and AcePC i5 mini computer. While I've laid out a bunch of cash, these are the very first pieces to come in!
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I am looking at the same thing...just not sure if it will work with my Tormach.

 

[sycle1]

Gee you had some bad luck GunsofNavaron. sorry to hear that.
I basically attached the legs tightened them up, checked and adjusted for square and that the blade was straight up and down in its travel and it cuts like a dream. blade was tensioned right out of the box.
its been cutting 3/8 bar stock since I plugged it in.

 

[Ianagos]

Bought a HFT 4x6 band saw. Immediately changed blade to a Starrett Intense Bi-metal and spent about 2 hours tuning it up....the lower blade guide striped out. I so rarely buy HFT and said I'd never buy anything that plugs in. Now all I have to do is disassemble it and take it back to swap it. ugh. Is there a black cloud floating above my house?

Kind of irrelevant but I’ve owned a few Chinese import 9x20 lathe and by far the nicest one I owned was a harbor freight machine. That machine was so nicely finished it made the grizzly machine look like scrap metal. It was also worlds nicer than the jet branded machine. They actually took time to vindo and paint the castings nicely.

Just my little story to say that some harbor freight stuff can be nice.