What Did You Buy Today?

middle.road said:
There was an estate sale a couple of weeks ago. Heavily packed hobbyist shop.
I didn't go the first two days because I didn't want anything 'heavy' following me home.
Most of the items were of the import variety but there were several pieces that weren't, hence why I stayed away:
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Rumor has it that they were priced around $700.00 each.
Isn't that Shaper fantastic?!! Man, I wanted it bad, but am out of floor space.

We went on Sunday and unfortunately there was still some cast iron left to be had. And it was 50% off day. . .
Their 'pricing' was a tad bizarre.
There was a floor standing import drill press from the '80s, sweet looking machine, and they had $600 on it.
I kept drooling over it, but did not really feel like having to move it, it was a beast. Wasn't the best layout for loading equipment.
Another gentleman was interested but said to me that he didn't know anything about them or how to operate them.
I gave him a 10 minute course, and also told him to check out YT. Thankfully he bought it.
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Then there was a heavy duty bench type import also from the '80s that was marked at $750.00 :rolleyes:
And here's where I got in trouble. It followed us home. They took me up on my offer of $100.00
I hadn't looked into the cabinet underneath for some odd reason, guess I should have. :grin:
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And I grabbed this heat press for a friend. Dang thing must weigh 300#
Luckily and I do mean Luck in caps, there were two movers there lugging out a piano and an organ.
We hired them to move the press(es). $20 well spent.
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Went back with the trailer on Tuesday to pickup the two items.
And then we really got into trouble.
There were two cabinets filled with linotype printing press letters (matrices?).
Honey bought them.
Had to remove most of the trays and load them into the Silverado.
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And Honey picked up a bunch of other stuff. The 'Buy-Out' people hadn't showed up yet due to the weather.
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That's what I call cutting a fat hog in the a$$. Congrats!!!
 
the reason I brought it up, is the little hobby type saws with 3 wheels were a thing around 87-90 about there. I wanted one, but didn't get one. Glad I didn't ... the 3 wheelers were so small a radius that blades broke from fatigue.
I expect yours won't be that tight a radius, but I am curious. It still looks smallish..

blade welders are awesome. And not hard to do.
 
Just a small indicator. I have a couple of dial indicators, this was a very low cost mechanical device(<$5) off of eBay. Another "I didn't need, but thought I should have" item. A lot of times, I buy something just because it's cheap. . .
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Not a huge score, but I did stop at one of my favorite used machinery dealers yesterday. I ended up with 31 new in the box taps, and 3 end mills for a total of $80.00. The majority of the taps were wire size spiral flute bottoming style except for a dozen 3/8-16 plug taps, and 4 1/2-24 plug taps.

The 1/2-24 are unique in that they're an obsolete NS size. They just happen to be used on my Seneca Falls lathe. I was a bit surprised when I came across them since they haven't been in production for some time. The ones I found were S. W. Card brand. That company was bought out by Union Tools in 1908. At first, I assumed they would be carbon steel. On closer inspection I found both the box and the individual taps were marked High Speed Steel. I thought HSS was introduced later in the 20th century. Live and learn.
 
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