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seem like you really lucked out on some of those prices.
enjoy your booty of high quality tools. Used is awesome, new life to excellent tools.
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enjoy your booty of high quality tools. Used is awesome, new life to excellent tools.
Over the years I've managed to get some real bargains on ebay
KCM 8" 6 jaw adjust tru chuck, under US$80, when it arrived it looked like new on the outside, but the inside was full of silt like it'd been in a flood. Cleaned up it's like new inside and out now.
6" Quad vise Couldn't pass this up with the buy now it had
Pratt Burnerd 10" 6 jaw adjust tru, new with a few handling marks, I bought 2 like this and sold one, the one I kept owes me $0
That was about 10 years ago.
Ifanger quick retract threading tool, these are awesome for threading to a shoulder
My $300 surface grinder although freight from Ca to NZ added another NZ$850 to the purchase price. It needs another motor but apart from that it's actually in good condition.
KCM 8" 6 jaw adjust tru chuck, under US$80, when it arrived it looked like new on the outside, but the inside was full of silt like it'd been in a flood. Cleaned up it's like new inside and out now.
6" Quad vise Couldn't pass this up with the buy now it had
Pratt Burnerd 10" 6 jaw adjust tru, new with a few handling marks, I bought 2 like this and sold one, the one I kept owes me $0
That was about 10 years ago.
Ifanger quick retract threading tool, these are awesome for threading to a shoulder
My $300 surface grinder although freight from Ca to NZ added another NZ$850 to the purchase price. It needs another motor but apart from that it's actually in good condition.
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Another vacation week popped up on the books for me. We are having such an acute staffing shortage at UPS that we can cash these out on the spot. It was an easy decision to cash out this last vacation week and spend it all on tooling.
After looking online for almost 3 hours, I bought a Criterion 3” boring head kit. The boring head has been well taken care of, but some of the boring bars need resharpening on a green wheel. It was important to me that it had a quality shank.
After looking online for almost 3 hours, I bought a Criterion 3” boring head kit. The boring head has been well taken care of, but some of the boring bars need resharpening on a green wheel. It was important to me that it had a quality shank.
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I had enough left over for a stub mill & a thick HSS 45° single angle cutter. After another 3 hours of research online, I settled on this combo:
TMX stub mills only go up to 1” diameter. They used to make a 1-1/4”, but they discontinued it.
TMX stub mills only go up to 1” diameter. They used to make a 1-1/4”, but they discontinued it.
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Bought an MHC 18*12" granite surface plate as part of a lot at a local auction recently. They described it as a piece of granite, which I guess it is 
Came with some beautifully made fixtures too.
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Turns out the previous owner and the maker of the fixtures was a tool and die guy who lived to the ripe old age of 81. Feels both special and sad to own some of his stuff
It is sad to buy tools with someone's name on them, knowing they've passed on and kids sell them. I've looked up names on tools and found their obituary online, I lift a beer in their name and tell them thanks for the tools.
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I have also felt some sadness, but I think it's when the tools have been neglected and allowed to deteriorate.
In a case like Matt's, where the tools look to be useful, in good condition and well made by a professional, keeping them alive (in service) can be seen as appreciating the craftsmanship of the maker. Silver lining.
Very nice find.
In a case like Matt's, where the tools look to be useful, in good condition and well made by a professional, keeping them alive (in service) can be seen as appreciating the craftsmanship of the maker. Silver lining.
Very nice find.