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What Did You Buy Today?
- Thread starter darkzero
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Just spent the last couple of hours stripping it down and giving a damn good clean / refurb. Getting the straight shank out of it was a pain in the ass - I think it was put in by Thor. Or maybe the Hulk. It took heat, swearing, percussion & the hydraulic press - at the same time - to get the damn thing to release. When it did it went with a bang. Pressing the sleeve of was much easier, revealing very dirty but good condition jaws and, bearings and nut.
everything was cleaned in meths, given a buff with on the wire wheel, and a tickle of scotchbrigh. The gripping surfaces of the jaws where lightly stoned, and everything was re-assembled with new lube.
again, I’m amazed at how well these clean up with very little effort.
This is a much better size. The 20 really was too big for my mill - I was kidding myself when I thought it wasn’t.
so I’m keeping the 18 and 14, as that cover me from 1 to 20mm now, which is plenty. I dunno if to keep the 16 now for possible use on the lathe, but I have another 14 on a a morse 2 shank which I use most of the time, and if I need bigger than it can do, I have some morse taper drills.
everything was cleaned in meths, given a buff with on the wire wheel, and a tickle of scotchbrigh. The gripping surfaces of the jaws where lightly stoned, and everything was re-assembled with new lube.
again, I’m amazed at how well these clean up with very little effort.
This is a much better size. The 20 really was too big for my mill - I was kidding myself when I thought it wasn’t.so I’m keeping the 18 and 14, as that cover me from 1 to 20mm now, which is plenty. I dunno if to keep the 16 now for possible use on the lathe, but I have another 14 on a a morse 2 shank which I use most of the time, and if I need bigger than it can do, I have some morse taper drills.
Picked this up the other day: a Berkroy B90 24" finger brake. Fairly complete; missing a 3/4" finger, cam for the angle stop, and the material stops/outriggers. She'll be getting some TLC to get rid of the rust and otherwise tidy her up a bit. Hard to find info on these - could only find a few pictures online. Seems well built; designed for up to 16gauge mild steel.
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With all due respect, you suck.
NICE!
Got these from the Amazon delivery person today. Looking forward to installing my DRO's when my machines come in finally. They still aren't even on a boat.
I just used my (old) transfer punches yesterday to install the DRO on my mill. Worked great! Everything lined up like I wanted it to.