What Did You Buy Today?

[NCjeeper]

My HF "brake" is a fiddly pain in the butt,

I agree. I had one in the early 2000's. Wouldn't bend crap. I got so frustrated I threw it on the shop floor and smashed it with a hammer. A few years later they came out with a real brake and I bought that. It is the 3 foot stand up model.

 

[middle.road]

From the auction that @NCjeeper mentioned above. It was over near Nashville.
Dale ( @Wdnich) pick 'em up for me. Have to wait to see them in person.
He mentioned that a bunch of the machines were being tossed out back for the scrapper.
(But not the HBM... )
There were some neat looking machines in this one and the prices stayed low. Like the 24" shaper I posted in the 'Auction' forum.


Coventry Gage (Matrix) Set - I put in a maxbid of $12, scored it for $11.


Starrett Bore(?) mic

Starrett Protractor


The 'Foosball Misc' Lot...
There's a knurler in there. I'm hoping it's a high quality one.
Someone made off with the Kant-Twist clamp.
I 'gifted' the Foosball table to Dale for his Grandkids. -hehe.

I'm rolling the dice on the Bullnose, but I'm thinking now that it's one size larger than my tail stock (#3MT).


This was in the auction also but went way up in price. ($340.00)
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[hman]

Looks like you did pretty well. As for the JO set, I can see why it would fetch the big bux!

 

[middle.road]

Looks like you did pretty well. As for the JO set, I can see why it would fetch the big bux!

I had it at $80 until the last few minutes...
I noticed while searching on the Coventry that they made them also and called them "Slip-Gauge Accessories"

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

On the topic of fake Mitutoyo calipers...the fastest/easiest way to tell if it’s fake, the slide lock. I got these for free and they have been the best calipers I’ve owed so far (I don’t have Shars or Mitu yet...) but note the size of the knurled part.

 

[DavidR8]

Picked this up from Abebooks after I missed a copy for sale locally.

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[erikmannie]

I always enjoy doing business with Aloris in NJ. I bought a CXA #1 tool holder and a 60° HSS threading blade:

Turning and Facing Holder CXA-1

www.aloris.com

High Speed Threading Blades, 60º, P-6

www.aloris.com

 

[Papa Charlie]

From the auction that @NCjeeper mentioned above. It was over near Nashville.
Dale ( @Wdnich) pick 'em up for me. Have to wait to see them in person.
He mentioned that a bunch of the machines were being tossed out back for the scrapper.
(But not the HBM... )
There were some neat looking machines in this one and the prices stayed low. Like the 24" shaper I posted in the 'Auction' forum.


Coventry Gage (Matrix) Set - I put in a maxbid of $12, scored it for $11.
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Starrett Bore(?) mic
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Starrett Protractor
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The 'Foosball Misc' Lot...
There's a knurler in there. I'm hoping it's a high quality one.
Someone made off with the Kant-Twist clamp.
I 'gifted' the Foosball table to Dale for his Grandkids. -hehe.
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I'm rolling the dice on the Bullnose, but I'm thinking now that it's one size larger than my tail stock (#3MT).
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This was in the auction also but went way up in price. ($340.00)
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Congratulations, like you won the lottery there.

Just checked out the auction for the closing prices, those prices are unbelievable. I can't believe that shaper went for $250. Makes me want to move to the Midwest.

 

[JRaut]

I've been on the hunt for one of these Bridgeport combo angle plate / sine table for quite some time. They came in two sizes, this is the larger of the two --- horizontal work surface = 10x12, vertical work surface = 6x12, 10" sine distance. Might be hard to tell from the photo, but the whole upper 90* angle plate tilts and works as a sine table.

They come up from time to time on eBay but it's pretty cost prohibitive to have one of them shipped, as the thing must weigh over 100 pounds. (edit: one is listed on eBay now for $950 + Freight).

Anyway, I found mine (without the Bridgeport badge) at a local auction for a reasonable price, so I pulled the trigger! Not "you suck" pricing, but pretty good. Out the door at less than $200, and it looks like it's hardly been used. No apprentice marks anywhere and all the original flaking is still present.

I've got a few operations on my radial engine build that it'll come in extremely handy for. A nice addition to the shop to be sure.




EDIT:
Suburban tool apparently still makes exactly this accessory. Costs a mere $4077 and weighs in at 100 pounds. Certainly on a different level precision-wise than the Bridgeport, but interesting data point nonetheless.

 

[DLF]

Nice press! And a pleasant surprise ... you have WD40 in Romania!

And yes, we also have indoor plumbing, cars, television, radio, etc.

Strange comment. Anyhow...


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