What Did You Buy Today?

Navy Chief said:
For the money this one will serve me well for a long time, everyone around here is pretty sure that anything Milwaukee is made of gold. This is old school Porter cable, the only plastic on it is the handles.

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I'm not particularly a Milwaukee fan, my battery powered tools are Dewalt, just their angled portaband deep cut idea was very clever. . Yours will be perfect for the table band saw conversion.
 
A curious thing just happened. Some time back, I bought some brass machinist's clamps. Not so much becauise I needed them, but to have something 'cool' on the bench. The last couple of days I have been working on small motors, small as in 1-1/2 by 1/2 by 3/4 inch. They are DC permanant magnet motors, in this case I suspect surplus from WW2. The model dates from 1951 or so. The brass clamps happened to be the handiest, and working with brass clamps I found to have several good points around the magnets. They weren't a new purchase, just my use around magnets that I have been dealing with for years. And having trouble with for years. Old dog, new tricks does happen now and again.

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With inflation running rampant, I decided to spend a few bucks. P1030549.JPG

It's a Kurt DX6 Crossover vise.




It's a pull type vise that is supposed to exhibit less flex and thus be more accurate. In general it seems like a nice
tool but several things were somewhat concerning. The handle, although a nice one is long enough to impact the
table so I opted for my home made one which is just fine. Another thing is that the screw is somewhat exposed to
chips and a strip of thin steel was in the package to cover over it. Apparently it is to be cut to size or something
since there is no way to use it without cutting it up. Then comes the question: where does one cut it? It would
depend on the size of the work I think. The threads do have a chip protector so at present I don't know if I will be
using it or not. Also, there is a groove on the top of the rear clamping block that is for mounting a small work stop.
There was no work stop with the vise so have to come up with one. So far, I'm not sure what to think about the holes
in the vise surface. There are plastic plugs covering the holes when not used. It looks like one could attach the
vise to the table with some 1/2 x 13 Allen screws but I opted for the conventional method for the time being.

So all in all it is a pretty nice vise and looks like it will serve me well. It's a 6 inch vise but opens over 9 inches
so that's a handy feature. I think I will like it.:encourage:




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That came out great! You seem to have found matching paint. Can you share paint brand and color used?

And yes, that thin metal plate cover, I can’t figure out it’s purpose… it does not slide under so unless you cut it to a specific size for a specific use, it is kind of worthless…
 
cathead said:
With inflation running rampant, I decided to spend a few bucks. View attachment 400955

It's a Kurt DX6 Crossover vise.




It's a pull type vise that is supposed to exhibit less flex and thus be more accurate. In general it seems like a nice
tool but several things were somewhat concerning. The handle, although a nice one is long enough to impact the
table so I opted for my home made one which is just fine. Another thing is that the screw is somewhat exposed to
chips and a strip of thin steel was in the package to cover over it. Apparently it is to be cut to size or something
since there is no way to use it without cutting it up. Then comes the question: where does one cut it? It would
depend on the size of the work I think. The threads do have a chip protector so at present I don't know if I will be
using it or not. Also, there is a groove on the top of the rear clamping block that is for mounting a small work stop.
There was no work stop with the vise so have to come up with one. So far, I'm not sure what to think about the holes
in the vise surface. There are plastic plugs covering the holes when not used. It looks like on could attach the
vise to the table with some 1/2 x 13 Allen screws but I opted for the conventional method for the time being.

So all in all it is a pretty nice vise and looks like it will serve me well. It's a 6 inch vise but opens over 9 inches
so that's a handy feature. I think I will like it.:encourage:
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Hope you didn't throw away the box. My work stop was well hidden in the box. It's small and easy to miss. Look in the crevices of the cardboard. Can't say that the work stop is super duper, but it's functional. Check again in the packing materials in the box.
 
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