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What Did You Buy Today?
- Thread starter darkzero
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I managed to break my 30+ year old 4" Harbor Freight vise a couple weeks ago. Instead of buying another import I decided to check CL and see if there was anything decent available. I found this Paramo No.5 Bench Vise. It must weigh 60 lbs. I cleaned it up and lubed the screw and slides with Permatex Anti-Seize. You can twirl the handle with one finger now.
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MSC wants $218 plus shipping.
You got a deal.
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The topic is what did you BUY today......and that my friend is why you suck.
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Whoo doggies, this is the slickest set of C-clamps that I have ever seen. They have a little knob for clamping really delicate stuff and another one that is knurled so that the vice-grips can get a really good grip. They were a little expensive for just three, at that price you would think that they would give you 2 each. I'll bet that the guy who packed this thing up wonders why his coffee was so bitter. I used one of the sugars for my coffee and it wasn't much so I used the other 2 packs. My wife makes the worst coffee.
Now this here lamp that I got for the front hallway is missing the plug and the bulb socket. The switch is there so I guess that I can wire it up myself. I wish that it had come with a shade. It could come in handy as a weapon if a burglar came into the dark house..... since the lamp doesn't work.
I am returning the defective stopwatch.
Now this here lamp that I got for the front hallway is missing the plug and the bulb socket. The switch is there so I guess that I can wire it up myself. I wish that it had come with a shade. It could come in handy as a weapon if a burglar came into the dark house..... since the lamp doesn't work.
I am returning the defective stopwatch.
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Still wildly overpriced.I kinda thought so too.
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+1 I've been tooling up a new to me lathe. I have a couple Aloris holders and the rest are imports from All Industrial. I can not see any way the Aloris holders are better. They do offer a lot of holders that others don't, like the 71 above. I bought one. It's a very nice holder. Not sure I see over $200 in it and I'm far from cheap.