What Did You Buy Today?

I bought an older (1980s) Kennedy 520 toolbox off of Etsy. I want to be able to bring a fair amount of tooling to my local maker space, and my Husky toolbox just didn't have the capacity (plus, it's too heavy! 58 pounds at the moment). I see why people love Kennedy boxes so much...

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woodchucker said:
if you put a slightly smaller round into one, will it eject it after fully tightening it down?
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I just tested it on a ⅜"-16 bolt (OD is .01 undersized) in a ⅜" collet and it self ejected beautifully.
 
woodchucker said:
.001 is not much...
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Ten thou under, not one thou. My cheapy import collets in my import chucks would fail to self eject with a difference that small. I'd have to loosen the nut with the wrench, spin it a few times by hand, and then put the wrench back on to pop it. No such problem with these.

Edit: I would have tried with something smaller, but I don't have anything to hand. Only had 20 minutes of shop time today, so I didn't have time to turn something down.
 
Badabinski said:
Ten thou under, not one thou. My cheapy import collets in my import chucks would fail to self eject with a difference that small. I'd have to loosen the nut with the wrench, spin it a few times by hand, and then put the wrench back on to pop it. No such problem with these.
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oh, sorry, I mis-read that. cool.
My imports I need to whack with a soft faced hammer. Only a few, they don't have the lip to proper size...
10 thou is pretty good. Not all of mine fail..
 
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