What Did You Buy Today?

[Buffalo21]

I’ve seen similar presses in, now closed, leather shoe and pocketbook factory

 

[Janderso]

I found this die press at a flee market. Does anyone know the purpose / use of these dies?View attachment 344872View attachment 344872View attachment 344873View attachment 344874

You must have needed it.

 

[Aaron_W]

You must have needed it.

I have to admit I have no idea what that press is for and probably would have bought it too, if the price was right.

 

[Papa Charlie]

Looks like a punch for doing leather work. You can punch holes, install grommets, snaps and other items.

Nice find, congrats. I would love to find one of those for my leather work.

 

[Al 1]

I needed to take it home $ 6.00.
I was leaning towards leather work.

 

[Shootymacshootface]

I found this die press at a flee market. Does anyone know the purpose / use of these dies?View attachment 344872View attachment 344872View attachment 344873View attachment 344874

Its hard to judge the dimensions of everything from here, but most of that stuff looks like shot shell reconditioning equipment.

 

[Larry$]

I've been contemplating a 12" brake or 3 in1 machine for some time.

I've got a 3 in 1 that I've had for a long time. It sort of works as a pan break but can only bend to 90*. Hemming is difficult. Works Ok for the first bend but quickly runs out of swing room for the next bend. As a roll former it is hard to get it to start on the last pass when you are trying to make a full circle but with some fiddling it works. With in its capability the shear seems to do OK. I bought it to do dust intake hoods. I've got an electric hand shear built around a drill and a nibbler to do the curved work. Really need a bead roller to do a more complete job.

 

[BGHansen]

I have a 30" Harbor Freight 3-in-one. You can do angles other than 90's by controlling the depth of the press. Biggest pain for the break is the lack of a support table. Imagine setting a 1" wide piece of stock 2 feet long on a V block and trying to hold it with one hand while cranking a lever with the other. I did a work around with an adjustable stock support (tripod with an adjustable roller).

I ended up buying a Tennsmith 37" stomp shear and a Diacro 24" finger break. Still have the HF machine and use it pretty much as just a slip roll.

They are great for occasion use, but naturally don't perform like a $1800 shear or a $4000 break.

Bruce

 

[Janderso]

I have a 30" Harbor Freight 3-in-one. You can do angles other than 90's by controlling the depth of the press. Biggest pain for the break is the lack of a support table. Imagine setting a 1" wide piece of stock 2 feet long on a V block and trying to hold it with one hand while cranking a lever with the other. I did a work around with an adjustable stock support (tripod with an adjustable roller).

I ended up buying a Tennsmith 37" stomp shear and a Diacro 24" finger break. Still have the HF machine and use it pretty much as just a slip roll.

They are great for occasion use, but naturally don't perform like a $1800 shear or a $4000 break.

Bruce

Bruce,
You bring up a good point. I plan on mounting the brake on my 5x5’ table but yeah, supporting the stock is to be determined.

 

[DLF]

A nice drill press. China made with “german” name but overall cheap and well built.

The quill has 20 microns runout, but using the supplied chuck the runout will increase to 70 microns. Not bad for a drill press, but a nice chuck is on my Christmas list.

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