What Did You Buy Today?

[davidcarmichael]

Bought a Vertex 3701-2625 1/8-5/8 Inch MT3 Integrated Keyless Drill Chuck from Amazon. Tested it in my mill with an MT3 to R8 adapter. I couldn't see any runout (and I really tried). What a great chuck (and adapter).

 

[Zyox Jägergeist]

Now I've done it,.... Not really something I needed to come up right now, but it's something I couldnt pass up haha. Found a nice original j&j Taylor bankers safe.
Just gotta ship it now!

Rare to find them in decent shape like this~ I only know of two with the original paint left.

 

[NCjeeper]

^^^
Odd that all the hardware is exposed. Seems like you could just unbolt everything and open the door.

 

[woodchucker]

^^^
Odd that all the hardware is exposed. Seems like you could just unbolt everything and open the door.

I'm sure there are big bolts inside the door. I think those are only hinge related. Including the locking bar in the middle horizontally. I think that's only to take the strain off pulling the bolts in.

 

[Zyox Jägergeist]

^^^
Odd that all the hardware is exposed. Seems like you could just unbolt everything and open the door.

All the locking bolts are on the inside, all the exterior is a hinge/ compression mechanism~

 

[brino]

Just gotta ship it now!

That cannot be cheap!

I guess you have some more carbide inserts to store?

Brian

 

[Zyox Jägergeist]

That cannot be cheap!

I guess you have some more carbide inserts to store?

Brian

One for inserts, other for endmills?
We might drive down to pick it up, probably looking at 300-700$
Cheap end is us getting it, high end is a shipper, but I don't really trust shippers for these...

Art~

 

[Suzuki4evr]

Now I've done it,.... Not really something I needed to come up right now, but it's something I couldnt pass up haha. Found a nice original j&j Taylor bankers safe.
Just gotta ship it now!
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Rare to find them in decent shape like this~ I only know of two with the original paint left.

Hope you can fill it up with a whole lot of $$$$$$

 

[matthewsx]

I got two new machines delivered today!!

One is a Rose Engine and the other is a Straight Line Engine (pardon the messy garage).

Both were made by F. A. Hall in Providence, RI. No dates or anything, but some internet sleuthing and some of the serials numbers I've preliminarily found on the machines suggest they were made in about 1905.

They're sort of esoteric machines, nearly lost to time. They almost never come up for sale, so I jumped at the opportunity. Didn't get 'you suck' pricing, but I got a decent deal. I bought them in Massachusetts and had them crated up and shipped to me in Minneapolis. That wasn't cheap.

Anyway, I've been interested in these machines for a number of years now. They're primarily used to decorate / guilloche watch dials, and somewhat in clockmaking. I, quite frankly, haven't all that much interest in making watch dials. But I find the machines themselves super interesting.

So I suspect what I'll end up doing with them is:
(1) strip them down and clean them up really well,
(2) repair / replace broken parts and pieces,
(3) paint and finish them off,
(4) play around with them for a while, and
(5) eventually sell them off to someone who plans on using them.

This'll no doubt take a good few years; maybe half a decade.

Maybe I'll make a separate restoration thread for them.

Anyone have a Rose Engine or Straight Line Engine? A quick search on H-M.com pegged a few folks with some interest.

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Did you ever make progress with these machines. I’m fascinated with the idea of building my own and wonder if there is enough interest to put a group together here.

John

 

[Zyox Jägergeist]

Hope you can fill it up with a whole lot of $$$$$$

Definitely not right now haha, pretty drained after the move, but I definitely hope oneday!

Been wanting to stack silver for quite a while, these would make a good home for it!