What Did You Buy Today?

[Braeden P]

The oil dauber came today there is only 3 known and I own one

 

[ChrisAttebery]

I’ve been building up my metrology division lately.

I’ve had an import “Indicol” type spindle nose indicator holder for a few years and only use it sparingly because it’s a really fiddly thing. I was watching a Haas video about finding center the other day and saw a simple half round holder being used and thought it looked a lot easier to use. I found one at Shars for a good price.

I’ve also had a cheap import indicator base for at least 20 years and never really liked it. I’ve been looking at Noga’s bases for a while but couldn’t see paying that much for something I use 2-3 times a year. I found this little Noga style base at Shars and looks like it’s the perfect size for my G0704 mill and 13x40” lathe.

 

[7milesup]

Once you buy Noga, it means "No Going Back" to inferior indicator holder.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

yeah, I'd agree with that. Expensive but really takes the hassle out of setting up a DI. I've had mine in some seriously funky positions and it's rock solid.

 

[MrCrankyface]

Got myself some really chunky endmills!
Normally I'd never get something this big but the price was too good to miss out on.
40mm/ 1 37/64", one rougher and one normal.

 

[Suzuki4evr]

Got myself some really chunky endmills!
Normally I'd never get something this big but the price was too good to miss out on.
40mm/ 1 37/64", one rougher and one normal.

Can your mill collet support the size or are you going to make some kind of adaptor to fit in a collet? Reason for asking is that I have quite a few mills of 30mm shank sizes that I got with a tool lot,but couldn't use it yet because I haven't got around to make a clamping device. I am even thinking of grinding it down to 25mm for which I do have a collet. Any ideas from you or other members are welcome.

O and nice buy.

 

[MrCrankyface]

Can your mill collet support the size or are you going to make some kind of adaptor to fit in a collet? Reason for asking is that I have quite a few mills of 30mm shank sizes that I got with a tool lot,but couldn't use it yet because I haven't got around to make a clamping device. I am even thinking of grinding it down to 25mm for which I do have a collet. Any ideas from you or other members are welcome.

O and nice buy.

For larger sizes I use weldon holders, the largest I have is 40mm and I usually use it for my flycutter.
Hopefully works well for the endmills since that's what it's meant for.
I'd be worried using collets for such large endmills.

 

[TIM-RANEY]

I am afraid I have become addicted to eBay. It's not my fault. I could not pass up a 5C collet chuck. And once I mounted it on the lathe (10" Grizzly), I had to buy more 5C collets. BTW, the TIR for the chuck is ~0.0005". So, the last couple of days, I bought three hex 5C collets to go with the square collets I bought earlier this month. I don't buy complete sets - just as needed. The sets might be cheaper, but there are quite a few sizes I don't need right now. Sourced via eBay and Shars mostly. And I saw a nice [used] Mitutoyo 25mm micrometer (mech-digital) on the Ideal Precision Instruments website. These two orders were "firsts"...had not ordered from them before. Have a great day! Regards, Tim R.

 

[brino]

I could not pass up a 5C collet chuck. And once I mounted it on the lathe (10" Grizzly), I had to buy more 5C collets. BTW, the TIR for the chuck is ~0.0005"

Hi Tim,
Can you provide a picture of this chuck?
It sounds like a good one.

Welcome to the group!

-brino

 

[TIM-RANEY]

Thanks for the welcome, Brino. This shot shows the initial mounting of the chuck to verify the TIR. Now, it's mounted with proper socket head cap screws. More below... Work in the 5C collet shows the runout is about 0.0005" or less. It's a "Bostar" chuck made in China. It was worth a gamble.