What Did You Buy Today?

[682bear]

A few e-bay buys...

6 VPGR 332 inserts...



A Yuasa NMTB50 1-1/4" end mill holder...



And a new MT3 long nose live center...



-Bear

 

[erikmannie]

My Dad and I just spent 2 hours going to the steel yard, & I spent $350 on steel. It took one guy 90 minutes to cut the material (they assign one worker to each customer).

I bought all of the parts to finish the rollout wheel arm on my welding fixture stand.

I also bought all the parts for a height adjustable stand to support the weight of any arm on this fixture stand.

Finally, I bought 2 plate welding coupons. One of them is 1” thick and 12” square (cut in half). That is a monster coupon if I have ever seen one! I will re-use this ($100!) coupon dozens of times over the next several years.

The other plate welding coupon was scrap at $1.25/lb.: it is a 3/4” thick rectangle.

 

[NCjeeper]

Ouch. Scrap used to be 50 cents a pound.

 

[682bear]

My old Taft-Peirce surface grinder is on it's last legs, so I've been looking around just to see what is available. I didn't think I would find anything local, at least without waiting and watching for a while...

But I was wrong... I went and picked this up this morning...





It was a little more than I wanted to spend, but a Micromaster was on my short list of grinders to watch for, it was local, (@35 miles), and it's an 818 instead of a 618... who doesn't need an extra 2 inches every now and then?

Now I have to figure out how to get it off the trailer...

-Bear

 

[DavidR8]

Nice! I think @Janderso may have a similar machine if not the same.

 

[682bear]

Nice! I think @Janderso may have a similar machine if not the same.

Yes, and I think @mmcmdl has one, also... and there may be a few more on here...

-Bear

 

[wachuko]

This arrived. The fixture plate is for the G0704.... I will order a larger one from Dayton CNC when he has them back in stock... Book is to start learning how to make gears...



And I ordered the following:

2 Sets of Shars machinist jacks - I know, I know I should have made them... Eventually, I will. But the first two set, at 19.95 each, I decided to buy them. The shame, the shame...



22mm R8 Shank Milling Arbor Gear Mill Cutter Holder



8pcs HSS M1 Diameter 22mm PA20° 20 Degree #1-8 Involute Gear Cutters Set


4 jaw Self Centering Mini Lathe Chuck 65mm With MT 2 Shank Arbor



Chicago Latrobe - 69900 157 Series High-Speed Steel Short Length Drill Bit Set with Metal Case 118 Degree Conventional Point, Inch, 29-piece, 1/16" - 1/2" in 1/64" increments - I had some credits in Amazon and decided to grab this set...



Noga NG9500 24 Pc Platinum Box Deburring Set - since I started in this hobby, I wanted this kit... I just gave in today and added it to the cart...

 

[WobblyHand]

Received my 1-26mm ER40 collet set from PM. After deciding that I didn't need 0.0002" TIR, nor its associated cost, I investigated a couple of eBay offers. They all failed to answer what TIR their collets were, or had math problems with converting from um to inches. A seller told me that the TIR of their collets was less than 0.009". Another seller advised me to look carefully at the pictures in the listing, rather than answer my questions, which were asking for the guaranteed TIR, and if they had a local US address to make returns. Since the eBay items were all far east based, I decided that I just didn't want to be stuck with crummy collets, and went with the PM offering. PM guarantees 0.0005" TIR, and my past experience with them has been very positive. This is a heavy little case, weighing 15.5 lbs, but it is only 8.5" x 14.5" x 3".

I'm guessing I will get some inch collets as needs be.

With any luck, I will get my replacement set tru ER40 collet chuck tomorrow. My first ER40 chuck had a poor taper, which I documented in a different thread. When Shars saw my photos, they apologized and immediately shipped me a replacement.

 

[mmcmdl]

My old Taft-Peirce surface grinder is on it's last legs, so I've been looking around just to see what is available. I didn't think I would find anything local, at least without waiting and watching for a while...

But I was wrong... I went and picked this up this morning...

It was a little more than I wanted to spend, but a Micromaster was on my short list of grinders to watch for, it was local, (@35 miles), and it's an 818 instead of a 618... who doesn't need an extra 2 inches every now and then?

Now I have to figure out how to get it off the trailer...

-Bear

If the wind blows right and the river doesn't rise too high HOPFULLY I'll get back into the basement this summer . I'm out looking for toys at this point . I may have another " kid in the candy store " opportunity . We'll see , it's going to happen fast .

Nice grinder bear , I see subtle differences in yours and mine / Jeffs and bemmy's . That may be a newer model or older model , not sure . Either way , you're going to love it .

Edit . Just noticed it's an 818 and not a 618 !

 

[Papa Charlie]

So I needed some round stock for a project that I have coming up for my lathe. So went down the to the Hydraulic repair shop in town and purchased two pieces of hydraulic cylinder rod. Each are 3" in diameter, chrome plated. One is about 12" in length and the other is about 16"-18".
The asking price was some money for the shop coffee fund. I gave them $20. They in turn said I'm welcome back any time. Real nice people.
They had another piece that was 3" dia x probably 5', and some other stuff. May go back and get those too.