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What Did You Buy Today?
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Does not fit a SB 9, only markings is a dot 11 then a dot.thinking it fits a 11 0r 12"
will send pics if anyone wants/needs.
Asking what I spent.
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bought a spark plug cleaner at a garage sale yesterday, along with a drop spreader ... I have a bunch of work to do on the drop spreader, I need it to put down milky spores, I'm tired of paying through the nose for grub-ex.. We have a huge grub problem here.
The spark plug cleaner is a HF unit. brand new... never used. I had to fix the spring mechanism, poorly designed, I drilled a hole and put a self tapping screw in 4 oclock and 1/8" from the bar that allows media to enter. That way the spring will actually work. I tried bending it around and decided it was not happening, so the screw served the purpose. Then I found that it was leaking. I used soapy water and luckily had it on a mat, and saw the bubbles coming out from underneath, not the fitting. Turns out the casting had a void where there were two holes. I ground it out and tried aluminum braze rod.. it would not stick. I think it might be a zinc casting. So I wound up using JB weld... I'm anxious to try it. I see a lot of write ups about it failing, but I'll bet a lot of people don't follow the instructions, you need to mount this upright, so the media can suck in, and if you don't you aren't going to get it clean... one area of the instructions say mount it on bench, and another says it needs to be on a wall... it definitely needs a wall.
edit: Yes it works, it works very well. good buy for $3.
after about 15 seconds of cleaning. These were black and white. I don't know how long I need to clean it.
but I'm happy now.
The spark plug cleaner is a HF unit. brand new... never used. I had to fix the spring mechanism, poorly designed, I drilled a hole and put a self tapping screw in 4 oclock and 1/8" from the bar that allows media to enter. That way the spring will actually work. I tried bending it around and decided it was not happening, so the screw served the purpose. Then I found that it was leaking. I used soapy water and luckily had it on a mat, and saw the bubbles coming out from underneath, not the fitting. Turns out the casting had a void where there were two holes. I ground it out and tried aluminum braze rod.. it would not stick. I think it might be a zinc casting. So I wound up using JB weld... I'm anxious to try it. I see a lot of write ups about it failing, but I'll bet a lot of people don't follow the instructions, you need to mount this upright, so the media can suck in, and if you don't you aren't going to get it clean... one area of the instructions say mount it on bench, and another says it needs to be on a wall... it definitely needs a wall.
edit: Yes it works, it works very well. good buy for $3.
after about 15 seconds of cleaning. These were black and white. I don't know how long I need to clean it.
but I'm happy now.
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In my limited lathe work, I've only used HSS tools, but have a few carbide tool holders that came with the lathes I've accumulated. Anyway, I picked up a bunch of new old stock from a friend for a favorable price. I bought @davidpbest 's book several weeks ago and am working through it. It's very well done as others have posted. With this tooling purchase were several brazed carbide tools and a Sandvik boring bar. He also threw in a gallon of way oil! There's more stuff here than I need, and I'll probably have to look for a tool holder or two for some of the inserts, but others fit my holders fine. Most of it is Kennametal, but the others are quality too. I'm happy with it!
Dare I forget the foot-operated air valve. I've wanted one of these for my 20-ton press but hadn't made the effort to buy one. It has an air-over hydraulic jack with a hand-operated valve. This will be a great addition.
Dare I forget the foot-operated air valve. I've wanted one of these for my 20-ton press but hadn't made the effort to buy one. It has an air-over hydraulic jack with a hand-operated valve. This will be a great addition.
Whenever I'm in the area, i like to stop at my Grandparents old place. It's now all grown up with trees everywhere & has the beginnings of an illegal dump site. This is what trash I hauled off today:
I don't think I got even half of what was there. It's marked A36 & is 1-1/2 x 12". I know the thread is "What [Tool] Did You Buy Today". I bought these (whatever tools I make) for free!
I don't think I got even half of what was there. It's marked A36 & is 1-1/2 x 12". I know the thread is "What [Tool] Did You Buy Today". I bought these (whatever tools I make) for free!
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When i was at the local scrap house the other day.. i saw quite a few about that size in a bin.. out of tolerance.. might grab a few..
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And well seasoned to boot !1/4”- 20 you think, or maybe 5/16”…?
That's a lot of G-jobs sitting there .
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Interested to know what that motorcycle is, looks to be something Japanese and from the 70's
David
