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What Did You Buy Today?
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More stuff for the shop. Some eBay pick-ups by me, some Christmas stuff from my list and something off Craig's List.
First an air filer from Harbor Freight. My plan was to use it to file radii on the ends of the armatures for the 1913 Erector set motor project. I recall the filer being around $17 from HF. The files are absolute garbage, just insert them directly into the trash. It works okay with a Grobet #0 flat needle file, stroke is about 1/4".
Next are a number of Christmas gifts.
I thought I had some stubby ratchets, but alas don't know where they are. Also got some Irwin buggered-up bolt/screw removers.
Package of hooks for hanging stuff in the shop
1/4" square to 1/4" hex universal joint
Another ER32 ball-bearing collet nut
A set of Sandflex sanding blocks. I use these to clean off mild rust. They are like a rubber eraser with grit.
Anti-glare hood for a welding helmet
Replacement 200/300 MCMN tool holders for the lathes. Why replacements? Did a bad thing trying to part the 1913 Erector motor armatures which have a wide interrupted cut. Carnage ensued on the tool holders. Finally got smart and used a HSS cut off tool. These were from eBay seller Zimi-hk; something like $12 - $15 each in a 5/8" square tool holder.
I bought 3 Cushman 0-1/4" drill chucks off eBay a while back for $17 including shipping. Bought 3 TTS arbors for use on the Tormach mill. I've got my drill chucks set up as tool number 80 on up in the tool offset table. Nice to have multiple chucks for specific drill bits so I don't have to swap bits and remeasure the tool lengths when running multiple jobs.
I've been looking for a dual-purpose metal/wood bandsaw for years. I looked at a 20" DoAll a week ago; did a 2 1/2 hour drive with cash in hand and the trailer behind our Traverse. The saw was wired to a static phase converter. The seller's brother fired it up and couldn't get the saw to start. He called his brother (the seller) who said to bang the phase converter against the wall a couple of times. The light would come on and drop out. He held the saw's START button down; big BANG and smoke from the phase converter after that. Long story longer, didn't buy the saw. We have 20" and 36" DoAll saws at work that I've drooled over, but never used. Standing next to that 20" saw gave me a different perspective on shear size. I settled on this 1948 16" model ML saw instead ($750).
The saw is in really good shape though it's not perfect. The speedometer is missing its needle and the auto-feed unit is missing. I have a HF 7 x 12 horizontal saw, hopefully won't miss the power feed too much. The weight and foot pedal still work, I could throw something together like the original cable/chain set up as yet another POTD.
I didn't take pictures of my rigging for the hour drive home. I lagged 2 x 4's around the base of the saw, then looped tie straps from the side of the trailer to the opposite side under the table. Those were hold downs and did nothing for tipping. I looped additional tie straps around the blade welder area; these were tied to the same side of the trailer on both sides for tipping.
I've been very happy with my Harbor Freight gantry crane. However, my shop only has a 10' ceiling and a 7' tall DoAll saw on our trailer sets about 8 1/2' high; don't have the height to pick tall stuff off the trailer directly in the shop. I end up backing the trailer into the unfinished back of the barn and crank the gantry crane up between a couple of trusses to gain the height. That lets me get stuff off the trailer and moved into the shop. Yeah, a pallet jack could come in handy. . .
For the safety Nazi's out there, I ran a 4 x 6 under the saw and tie-strapped it to the saw. Then ran 2000 lbs. rated tie straps around the 4 x 6 up to the chain fall (one on each side). Also ran a safety chain around the 4 x 6 and chain fall in case a tie strap failed (they didn't).
I know most guys go with VFD's for 3-phase, but I'll be going with a static phase converter for this saw. I have a 220 push button ON/OFF switch that'll be wired to the supply side of the phase converter. Means I'll have to hit two ON buttons to power on the saw; just makes sense to me to not leave the phase converter energized all of the time. I know I'll only get 2/3 of the 1 HP saw motor, but I don't plan on resawing any 8" thick pieces of hickory. Will be heading to Menards for some heavy-duty casters as I want the saw to be mobile.
Thanks for looking, Bruce
First an air filer from Harbor Freight. My plan was to use it to file radii on the ends of the armatures for the 1913 Erector set motor project. I recall the filer being around $17 from HF. The files are absolute garbage, just insert them directly into the trash. It works okay with a Grobet #0 flat needle file, stroke is about 1/4".
Next are a number of Christmas gifts.
I thought I had some stubby ratchets, but alas don't know where they are. Also got some Irwin buggered-up bolt/screw removers.
Package of hooks for hanging stuff in the shop
1/4" square to 1/4" hex universal joint
Another ER32 ball-bearing collet nut
A set of Sandflex sanding blocks. I use these to clean off mild rust. They are like a rubber eraser with grit.
Anti-glare hood for a welding helmet
Replacement 200/300 MCMN tool holders for the lathes. Why replacements? Did a bad thing trying to part the 1913 Erector motor armatures which have a wide interrupted cut. Carnage ensued on the tool holders. Finally got smart and used a HSS cut off tool. These were from eBay seller Zimi-hk; something like $12 - $15 each in a 5/8" square tool holder.
I bought 3 Cushman 0-1/4" drill chucks off eBay a while back for $17 including shipping. Bought 3 TTS arbors for use on the Tormach mill. I've got my drill chucks set up as tool number 80 on up in the tool offset table. Nice to have multiple chucks for specific drill bits so I don't have to swap bits and remeasure the tool lengths when running multiple jobs.
I've been looking for a dual-purpose metal/wood bandsaw for years. I looked at a 20" DoAll a week ago; did a 2 1/2 hour drive with cash in hand and the trailer behind our Traverse. The saw was wired to a static phase converter. The seller's brother fired it up and couldn't get the saw to start. He called his brother (the seller) who said to bang the phase converter against the wall a couple of times. The light would come on and drop out. He held the saw's START button down; big BANG and smoke from the phase converter after that. Long story longer, didn't buy the saw. We have 20" and 36" DoAll saws at work that I've drooled over, but never used. Standing next to that 20" saw gave me a different perspective on shear size. I settled on this 1948 16" model ML saw instead ($750).
The saw is in really good shape though it's not perfect. The speedometer is missing its needle and the auto-feed unit is missing. I have a HF 7 x 12 horizontal saw, hopefully won't miss the power feed too much. The weight and foot pedal still work, I could throw something together like the original cable/chain set up as yet another POTD.
I didn't take pictures of my rigging for the hour drive home. I lagged 2 x 4's around the base of the saw, then looped tie straps from the side of the trailer to the opposite side under the table. Those were hold downs and did nothing for tipping. I looped additional tie straps around the blade welder area; these were tied to the same side of the trailer on both sides for tipping.
I've been very happy with my Harbor Freight gantry crane. However, my shop only has a 10' ceiling and a 7' tall DoAll saw on our trailer sets about 8 1/2' high; don't have the height to pick tall stuff off the trailer directly in the shop. I end up backing the trailer into the unfinished back of the barn and crank the gantry crane up between a couple of trusses to gain the height. That lets me get stuff off the trailer and moved into the shop. Yeah, a pallet jack could come in handy. . .
For the safety Nazi's out there, I ran a 4 x 6 under the saw and tie-strapped it to the saw. Then ran 2000 lbs. rated tie straps around the 4 x 6 up to the chain fall (one on each side). Also ran a safety chain around the 4 x 6 and chain fall in case a tie strap failed (they didn't).
I know most guys go with VFD's for 3-phase, but I'll be going with a static phase converter for this saw. I have a 220 push button ON/OFF switch that'll be wired to the supply side of the phase converter. Means I'll have to hit two ON buttons to power on the saw; just makes sense to me to not leave the phase converter energized all of the time. I know I'll only get 2/3 of the 1 HP saw motor, but I don't plan on resawing any 8" thick pieces of hickory. Will be heading to Menards for some heavy-duty casters as I want the saw to be mobile.
Thanks for looking, Bruce
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That’s a nice saw I’ve been wanting a nice one like that for a while but as always I’m short on space and time
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4” diameter, 10” length of 1045 for $98.37 delivered. Landed cost for this hot rolled steel is $2.73/lb.
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My wife got me two Blink Mini cameras for $44 to always have a live view of my shop. There is no monthly fee. The app is on my phone.
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