FTV-2.Is that a FTV-1 or 2 ? Either way , nice machine .
I bought a set of Gator blades for the zero turn yesterday ..............................................not too exciting but it's what I do these days .
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No picture, but had ordered replacement keys for the two Craftsman tool boxes that I recently purchased and posted picture for. Got the keys and one worked but found out that one of the locks had a broken piece inside. So contacted Craftsman's Customer Service through their website, providing them with the model number for each of them. The response for replacement locks came from a company called Waterloo who makes tool boxes for Craftsman. The full company name is Stanley Black & Decker – Waterloo Division. Since I do not see Craftsman in the name, I am making the assumption that they don't make the current models. But according to the Customer Service rep I spoke with when I placed the order, they do or have made quite a few.
Anyway, I was able to order the complete lock assemblies for all three top boxes and had them set with a common key between them. Total cost for all three lock assemblies (Purchase, tax, freight) was around $40.
Thought I would post this just in case someone else has Craftsman tool boxes, where they have lost the keys, locks don't work or what to make them all keyed alike.
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Anyway, I was able to order the complete lock assemblies for all three top boxes and had them set with a common key between them. Total cost for all three lock assemblies (Purchase, tax, freight) was around $40.
Thought I would post this just in case someone else has Craftsman tool boxes, where they have lost the keys, locks don't work or what to make them all keyed alike.
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Here's the craziest thing I ever bought I think. I thought about the HF version, but this has all the "upgrades" people end up doing to their HF version, plus cast iron wheels, and a fence included. I just decided I wanted all the upgrades, and didn't want to do the upgrading. Not the most economical, but with any luck it'll be the only one I ever buy. This just might be my very first "buy once, cry once" attempt. Ha! Note if you've got a bad opinion of this particular one, just don't tell me! Lol
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As a rule, most of my purchases are for my model building and have little or no relationship to machining. And as such, have little or no interest to PM users. However, there is the situation where I am so immensly proud of an acquisition to my modeling stable that I want to share a photo, even if the model is beyond comprehension of most users. There are some modelers that will appreciate it, the rest of you will just have to tolerate my obsession.
Such models, priced new, are simply beyond my ability to pay. The advent of eBay has helped in this regard, providing a sales ability for used or "pre-owned" models so they provide income to the seller and wider availibility to the more remote buyer. Such is the case here, the new version of this model is beyond my ability to own. As a used model, the normal asking price is also too high. In this case, I literally stumbled across the advert asking much less than normal, on the order of 40%. And even after bidding, closing price was within my reach. ie. I barely won by a very few dollars. It is not here yet, being in the postal system.
To the average person, the model will be meaningless. It, as pictured, will be around 6 or 7 inches long, a little under 1-1/2 inches wide, and about 2 inches tall. A commercially produced model, all piping and details are seperately added. There is a second piece, not shown here. But uninteresting. . . The original has an interesting history, dating back to the 1916-1818 era. Originally ordered by the Czar of Russia, before delivery his being deposed, the locomotives were reguaged to U.S. standard guage and sold in the States. Several buyers acquired them, including a local road. (SLSF, Frisco) Though having an "official" name, they are known as "Russians" to most people.
Such models, priced new, are simply beyond my ability to pay. The advent of eBay has helped in this regard, providing a sales ability for used or "pre-owned" models so they provide income to the seller and wider availibility to the more remote buyer. Such is the case here, the new version of this model is beyond my ability to own. As a used model, the normal asking price is also too high. In this case, I literally stumbled across the advert asking much less than normal, on the order of 40%. And even after bidding, closing price was within my reach. ie. I barely won by a very few dollars. It is not here yet, being in the postal system.
To the average person, the model will be meaningless. It, as pictured, will be around 6 or 7 inches long, a little under 1-1/2 inches wide, and about 2 inches tall. A commercially produced model, all piping and details are seperately added. There is a second piece, not shown here. But uninteresting. . . The original has an interesting history, dating back to the 1916-1818 era. Originally ordered by the Czar of Russia, before delivery his being deposed, the locomotives were reguaged to U.S. standard guage and sold in the States. Several buyers acquired them, including a local road. (SLSF, Frisco) Though having an "official" name, they are known as "Russians" to most people.
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wow, lots of detail. nice Bill. enjoy.
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Some odds and ends that I bought, and a couple of things that I got from my Mom's house.
First, bought some replacement parting blades in M42. Managed to have my AXA toolholder fall with the parting blade in it tail down, and it snapped off the blade. So needed the replacements. Also broke down and bought a thread mic from Shars.
Visited Mom today, who encouraged me to go into my Dad's workshop, and take things if they would be useful, some of which are pictured below. Got a brand new in package set of metric hex wrenches with long handles. The smallest wrench is 3 inches long (75mm). That will be nice down in the shop. Also got a pair of 2" long toolmakers clamps marked only with 4481 and USA.
Also got a nice set of scissors/shear, one of the nicer one's I have seen in a while. The marking on it is Compton U Set. I haven't seen this feature before, a reverse wound spring wire under the screw head. All I can say is that the scissors are set up relatively well, as it cut the insipid oily plastic bag that the thread mic was packaged in very easily. The scissor edge is nearly metal to metal the entire cut - which is as it should be, but it is not hard cutting. I'm glad that the scissors caught my eye.
Also found a thermocouple module that reads directly on an analog meter. Very old school, the unit comes complete in it's own leather pouch. The iron-constantan thermocouple still works, although it seems to have a fast attack and slow decay. Must be the sort of massive blob on the end of the thermocouple.
One last thing I found on my Dad's workbench, was an odd wrench. Seems the jaw is not quite straight, but on the other side of this appears to be my Mom's father's initials.
There's more stuff, but I have to get them out of the car first. An 11 transistor short wave radio that was our only connection to the world when my family was stationed out on Kwajalein in 1964-1965, (working on the ABM), a small spot welder, about 100 3" speakers, an interesting box of raw waxes including real 100% pure carnauba wax pucks, a Tektronix 442? analog oscilloscope, and a pile of project parts that I was working on some 50 odd years ago.
First, bought some replacement parting blades in M42. Managed to have my AXA toolholder fall with the parting blade in it tail down, and it snapped off the blade. So needed the replacements. Also broke down and bought a thread mic from Shars.
Visited Mom today, who encouraged me to go into my Dad's workshop, and take things if they would be useful, some of which are pictured below. Got a brand new in package set of metric hex wrenches with long handles. The smallest wrench is 3 inches long (75mm). That will be nice down in the shop. Also got a pair of 2" long toolmakers clamps marked only with 4481 and USA.
Also got a nice set of scissors/shear, one of the nicer one's I have seen in a while. The marking on it is Compton U Set. I haven't seen this feature before, a reverse wound spring wire under the screw head. All I can say is that the scissors are set up relatively well, as it cut the insipid oily plastic bag that the thread mic was packaged in very easily. The scissor edge is nearly metal to metal the entire cut - which is as it should be, but it is not hard cutting. I'm glad that the scissors caught my eye.
Also found a thermocouple module that reads directly on an analog meter. Very old school, the unit comes complete in it's own leather pouch. The iron-constantan thermocouple still works, although it seems to have a fast attack and slow decay. Must be the sort of massive blob on the end of the thermocouple.
One last thing I found on my Dad's workbench, was an odd wrench. Seems the jaw is not quite straight, but on the other side of this appears to be my Mom's father's initials.
There's more stuff, but I have to get them out of the car first. An 11 transistor short wave radio that was our only connection to the world when my family was stationed out on Kwajalein in 1964-1965, (working on the ABM), a small spot welder, about 100 3" speakers, an interesting box of raw waxes including real 100% pure carnauba wax pucks, a Tektronix 442? analog oscilloscope, and a pile of project parts that I was working on some 50 odd years ago.
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Here is a picture of the multi-band radio we had in Kwajalein. Still works. Needs a restoration, but it plays.
JVC technology circa 1963! 11 transistor radio.
Was kind of satisfying to turn it on and hear an oldies station. All we could receive back then was in the shortwave bands.
JVC technology circa 1963! 11 transistor radio.
Was kind of satisfying to turn it on and hear an oldies station. All we could receive back then was in the shortwave bands.
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One more interesting item I found in the garage. An old tire gauge, made by A. Schrader's Son Inc., the inventors of the Schrader valve, commonly seen on automobile tires and some bicycle tires today. This gauge is short and fat! First patent in 1909, followed by others in 1916, 1922, and 1923. Came in a custom leather pouch.
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that tire gauge is neat. Very small.. does it use the standard pop out measuring device. Or something different?