What Did You Buy Today?

woodchucker said:
why did it only have a 1/3 hp motor? did they change it out? seems totally useless for a saw that size.
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Completely agree. I can’t imagine that a Leeson motor was standard equipment in 1979’s Taiwan. It must have been changed. It’s also a slower speed, 1100 something. Could that be standard? The good news is the tables give surface speed in meters per minute, so I will probably never know. :) I also don’t have any info about the specs when this unit was made, possibly 2HP was a midlife upgrade.

The motor and drive are quite accessible, so changing to this 1.5 hp unit I ordered today will be easy, and there is plenty of room to go bigger if this isn’t enough. I want to run the mill, lathe, horizontal saw and this vertical saw from the same static phase converter, which is 1 to 3 HP rated.

And yes, either the air pump has to work or I put a local regulator on shop air…can’t decide yet.

I think this is going to be a great addition.
 
francist said:
Thats the first thing I did with mine. This one is really basic and I’m confident you’ll come up with something g more refined, but it does work and is a lot more stable. Pro Tip: make sure you take off the clear lens cap if yours came with one. Clarity of images is much improved without trying to view through it!

-frank

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Francist, I like the clamp you made. How did you saw it? Did you have to go from both sides to do that?
 
Thanks, @woodchucker, I slit it with my old friend the hacksaw :)

This was shortly after these inexpensive microscopes hit the market (10 years ago, maybe?) and I had only had my lathe for a short time. No milling machine at all yet so hacksaw was the order of the day, and I just sawed straight in from the one end. It works okay, the grip is petty positive and is not prone to slipping which is what I was really after.

-frank

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francist said:
Thanks, @woodchucker, I slit it with my old friend the hacksaw :)

This was shortly after these inexpensive microscopes hit the market (10 years ago, maybe?) and I had only had my lathe for a short time. No milling machine at all yet so hacksaw was the order of the day, and I just sawed straight in from the one end. It works okay, the grip is petty positive and is not prone to slipping which is what I was really after.

-frank

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ah, I didn't see the slit from the end. I thought you slit from the middle only I would like to use that idea for continuing to upgrade my mill stops.. and it looked like a good thing to try. I'm going to try a bunch of different solutions that I haven't done before just to do them. Thank you.
 
It came in the mail today....
When I worked in wooden boats (Matthews) back in the '60s, I had the opportunity to use a plug cutter to make mahogany plugs to cover/conceal screws in work-work. You drill a hole (3/8 dia.) drill a pilot hole in it for a screw, insert screw, smear some glue in the hole and drive in a 3/8 plug, with the grain going the same way as the wood you're installing. Glue sets, you chisel off the top of the plug and sand it flush. No screw holes show, unless you look really close.

I'd never seen a plug cutter for sale until last week one turned up on Ebay. Brand new in original box from the 1930s. It works a treat. Now I can use screws to hold things together that I had to do otherwise. I'm pleased as punch.
 
T Bredehoft said:
It came in the mail today....
When I worked in wooden boats (Matthews) back in the '60s, I had the opportunity to use a plug cutter to make mahogany plugs to cover/conceal screws in work-work. You drill a hole (3/8 dia.) drill a pilot hole in it for a screw, insert screw, smear some glue in the hole and drive in a 3/8 plug, with the grain going the same way as the wood you're installing. Glue sets, you chisel off the top of the plug and sand it flush. No screw holes show, unless you look really close.

I'd never seen a plug cutter for sale until last week one turned up on Ebay. Brand new in original box from the 1930s. It works a treat. Now I can use screws to hold things together that I had to do otherwise. I'm pleased as punch.
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Just received a Yost 5" vise ADI-5. It is passable, however there are some things that annoy me. But after looking at my other vise, a 4-1/2" Sheffield, I guess most vises are made a little sloppy.

Had to align the main jaws, they were off by 1 mm. Pretty easy. PIpe jaws were misaligned more. Not that easy to align, since there's no features on the vise to align the jaws, took about 3 tries to get somewhat close. What really bugs me is the totally sloppy fit of the main handle. The hole measures 16.08 mm, the handle measures 14.83 mm. That's a 1.25 mm slop. What the heck? 14.83 mm, what is that? Doesn't correspond to anything metric or imperial. The handle doesn't have a decent finish, it looks like raw metal stock. The locking screw handles have about a 1 mm slop between the shaft and the hole as well.

I know I can replace the handles and make it nicer. Have a 5/8" piece of stress proof that is a perfect fit. Just wanted was a replacement vise for the garage. It will serve in that capacity. Even so, feel a little disappointed with this buy. Sure didn't exceed expectations.
 
My Chas Parker (Charles Parker 1902) is so tight, no slop, the jaws will still grab rolling paper and not let is slip anywhere.
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