What Did You Buy Today?

[Bi11Hudson]

Carrying angle iron in a Porsche 911 is awesome! I would have said that you wanted it to improve weight distribution for street racing

The thread brings to mind a situation from 1975 or so. I was employed by a company located out in the wilds a few miles. The situation is that there was no 'company driver' so I had to make a pickup at an electrical supply house in town. What I needed was a couple of joints of 1/2 inch EMT, thinwall conduit. Since I was on a Harley FLH, a 74 inch dresser, I picked up a full bundle, 10 joints. And rode back to the shop, on my FLH, with a bundle of 10 joints EMT, 10 feet long strapped to the Harley. Was remembered by salesmen at that location for years for that little stunt. It wasn't heavy and although cumbersome, an FLH had the capacity to handle the length. Most of the excess length was to the front. Ruined the stability of the bike but I could handle it, and no overhang on the rear if someone got too close. Just another sea story brought to mind by someone doing what it took to get the job done.

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[mattthemuppet2]

I've carried all sorts of stuff on the back of my bike that I've found at the side of the road. 10ft piece of 2" sch40 pipe, 8ft piece of 1x2 alu tube that had dogs chasing me most of the way home, dump truck interaxle (that was bloody heavy) and a 5ft tall stuffed bear.


that was like riding with a parachute attached

 

[Ultradog MN]

I pulled the trigger on this yesterday.
Should be here early next week.
Wahlstrom Float Lock 26" model - new.
Still built in the USA

 

[Christianstark]

So I ordered some things to go along with tweaking my PM 833TV mill. I already had the graduated nut for quill stop, but I placed an order for a magnetic DRO scale, and this summing interface.

M-DRO Linear Encoder Summing Interface

The summing interface combines the output of quadrature encoders into a single quadrature output. Applications include combine mill quill with knee travel or lathe compound travel with main carriage travel.

www.machine-dro.co.uk

The goal is to get head and quill values summed together and displayed on my Z Axis DRO from Precision Matthews, and have a more accurate quill stop than OEM. May start a build thread on this.

 

[DavidR8]

I pulled the trigger on this yesterday.
Should be here early next week.
Wahlstrom Float Lock 26" model - new.
Still built in the USA

I have building one of those on my project list.


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[7milesup]

I purchased this last week but put it to use today. My first time ever utilizing a thread mic.
Today was really also the first time ever doing single point threading. Had to make up some prototypes for the company.

 

[woodchucker]

I purchased this last week but put it to use today. My first time ever utilizing a thread mic.
Today was really also the first time ever doing single point threading. Had to make up some prototypes for the company.

Neil, take a pair of tweezers and grab the bottom of each hole. It will allow the anvils to sit deeper without falling out.
Yesterday they came spilling out, and I made a tool to core them deeper and tighter, only to discover they are already drilled deeper, but were not pulled out. They sit nice now.

 

[DavidR8]

Picked up this Blake 801 coax indicator for $100.

 

[7milesup]

Neil, take a pair of tweezers and grab the bottom of each hole. It will allow the anvils to sit deeper without falling out.
Yesterday they came spilling out, and I made a tool to core them deeper and tighter, only to discover they are already drilled deeper, but were not pulled out. They sit nice now.View attachment 404746

I was wondering about that. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Papa Charlie]

Well purchased another Craftsmen Tool Box. This one does not have the large drawer in the upper center. The guy said that the upper center drawer wouldn't open, I can understand this as it was locked and he didn't have the keys. What is with all these boxes not having the keys?
Got if for a great price $100 at least I think it is. Had to do some cleaning, pictures are from CL. The plan, at least for now, is to assign one of these to gunsmithing tools and the other to precision measuring tools. But we will see, I don't think that any one of them has sufficient room.

Now I need to see how I can get replace keys or log and keys for them.