What Did You Buy Today?

[Braeden P]

I really need to stop cruising the online auctions. Yesterday I went picked up five Tesa/Etalon Swiss mics, a P. Roche Swiss mic, and some Mitutoyo pieces.

How to see if you need more tool t+1 you will always need more tools

 

[Aaron_W]

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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Maybe it is just the fisheye of the camera but strangely it looks like you have more room in the shop after you moved the big lathe in there.

 

[ACHiPo]

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.

Bruce that made me chuckle and I must admit thinking not-so-fond thoughts of my days in IN and MI.

Nice saw!

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

Why a static converter? After making the plunge with the North American Phase Converter RPC I'm pretty happy and won't hesitate to add more 3 phase toys to the shop. I have a VFD on my mill and like the easy speed change capability, but went with an RPC so as not to have to do a brain transplant on my lathe.

 

[Weldingrod1]

Please let is know what you think of the glare blocker! I'm very tempted, as I have issues with my LED shop lights!

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[hman]

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".
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Durn! Too bad the files are no good. I'd had the wild hair thought that they could probably be adapted for use on a die filer

 

[Watchwatch]

Bruce that made me chuckle and I must admit thinking not-so-fond thoughts of my days in IN and MI.

Nice saw!


Why a static converter? After making the plunge with the North American Phase Converter RPC I'm pretty happy and won't hesitate to add more 3 phase toys to the shop. I have a VFD on my mill and like the easy speed change capability, but went with an RPC so as not to have to do a brain transplant on my lathe.

Exactly what I did, for the exact same reasons.

A 1hp vfd can be had pretty cheap.


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[schmidty13]

Yesterday I bought a Haas TL-1. For over a year now, this has been the planned next step in expanding my home business. In the last few weeks things all lined up perfectly so I decided now was the time to take the plunge.

It's a 2011 model with only 128 spindle hours. It's in a tech school. Now I'm just impatiently waiting delivery.

 

[Aukai]

Bruce that is the exact same year as my saw, and price too, but mine cost a little more with shipping

 

[BGHansen]

Bruce that is the exact same year as my saw, and price too, but mine cost a little more with shipping

I looked "under the hood" yesterday and looked at the speedo set up. The belt to the pillow block for driving the speedo cable was missing, but the pulleys are there. Found the belt laying on the base, but it's shot. Gates 1290s are under $10 on eBay. Also looked at the speedo and see the needle has slipped off the shaft.

Holy crap is that saw sturdy! I'd hate to see the shipping bill to Hawaii!

Bruce

 

[7milesup]

Yesterday I bought a Haas TL-1. For over a year now, this has been the planned next step in expanding my home business. In the last few weeks things all lined up perfectly so I decided now was the time to take the plunge.

It's a 2011 model with only 128 spindle hours. It's in a tech school. Now I'm just impatiently waiting delivery.

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That is quite the machine!
If I may ask, what do you plan on making with it?