What Did You Buy Today?

[682bear]

I picked this gem up this morning...







It's a little Craftsman power hacksaw... it does run pretty smooth, but may have some other issues...

I would assume that the arm should stay up when lifted... this one does not, but as it is lowering, there is a 'ratcheting' sound...

Also, do these cut on the forward stroke or the back stroke? The blade is set up to cut on the back stroke... I'd like to be sure this is correct.

I'll have to dig into it and figure out how it works...

-Bear

 

[erikmannie]

I bought three 10 lb. cans of Lincoln Electric 3/32” 5P+ and nine 10 lb. cans of Lincoln Electric 1/8” Excalibur 7018.

 

[darkzero]

Oh man, I haven't viewed this thread in a very long time! Well then again I shamefully haven't been spending much time here on H-M at all! I need to do some catching up!

 

[Aukai]

Now wonder spending is down....

 

[darkzero]

These 2 I got a couple of months ago. I had the previous generation models. When these new ones came out I told myself, ah not worth upgrading. Time went on & then there was a sale, you know how that goes! The increase in power was actually more than I expected even though on paper it didn't sound like much, especially for the little one! And the new tri-LED lighting is sooooo much better.






This one I got last month. Again similar, had the previous Fuel model. When I saw the release for the new high speed model I told myself I don't need it. The next time I used my Fuel ratchet I was quickly reminded how I never liked how awfully slow it was. The new high speed model is of course much faster but down on torque. The torque doesn't matter much to me as I often use the ratchet manually to break free & tighten anyways. And the new high speed model has a much smaller head. This is exactly what I had hoped to have in the 1st place! Very happy with this new one!






The old impacts I gave to a good friend of mine that didn't have any. The old ratchet I gave to one of my little brothers. After I upgraded to all these, that same brother taunted me by asking if I was going to buy more batteries. Damnit, why'd he have to go and say that! I really didn't need anymore batteries but stoopid me, I had to go look, found great deals, and then you know what happened!

 

[darkzero]

A couple of new trim tools. I really love these things & highly recommend them if you do any automotive interior work. The mini pry bars were cheap & cute, had to have them.

The tool marked 4140 is called a Skin Wedge. It's made of 4140. Apparently it was originally designed for use in the aircraft industry for popping open panels or something like that. I so wish I had this tool 20 yrs ago!





This is a brand I never heard of until recently, Fix-It-Sticks. I got the ratcheting version with detachable drive. They market to cycling & shooting enthusiasts. A bit pricey but I like it a lot. Made in Taiwan.

 

[darkzero]

Finally picked me up a set of cheap ER-40 collets to use for workholding. I don't find myself using the collet chuck all that much so this has been low on the want list. Got this set from All Industrial for a great price to start, plus 10% off & free shipping, and with a wood rack.




Being a 23 pc set so it had an empty slot was perfect, now I have a place to store my oversized 1-1/8" collet. And now I can save my "good" collets for toolholding only.




And finally (for now) my new gorgeous Nepros ratchets that Ii posted a separate thread about.

 

[FOMOGO]

Got two of these Metabo (Hitachi) 4 1/2" grinders on Amazon for $39 each. Each one comes with 5 grinding wheels, which at hardware store prices is about the total cost of the grinder. Seem to be really well built, but are made in China. Oddly, the grinding wheels are made in Japan. Now have 6 good quality grinders, Milwaukee, Makita, and Metabo, and can have a different type disc on each. Must be something cosmic going on with all three starting with M. Cheers, Mike

 

[Brento]

This morning i bought a rack with material for 100$. Lots of delrin and steel.
And then i also picked up from the same place some transfer punches maybe 20 thread gages and a 1/2" ACME tap left handed and a long 6-32 tap.

 

[NCjeeper]

A couple of new trim tools. I really love these things & highly recommend them if you do any automotive interior work. The mini pry bars were cheap & cute, had to have them.

The tool marked 4140 is called a Skin Wedge. It's made of 4140. Apparently it was originally designed for use in the aircraft industry for popping open panels or something like that. I so wish I had this tool 20 yrs ago!

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This is a brand I never heard of until recently, Fix-It-Sticks. I got the ratcheting version with detachable drive. They market to cycling & shooting enthusiasts. A bit pricey but I like it a lot. Made in Taiwan.

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We call that 4140 tool superman's thumbnail.