What Did You Buy Today?

[7milesup]

Didn't really "buy" it today, but it is a replacement for an existing Palmgren buffer. My existing buffer is supposed to have three primary speeds of 900, 1800 & 3600 RPM, with the ability to adjust the speeds in between in +/- 100 RPM increments. After less than a year, the 100 RPM increment malfunctioned so that if you were at 900 RPM and tried to bump up to 1000 RPM, it would just continue to accelerate until it was at 3600 RPM. Rather scary the first time it happened because I didn't know if it would stop accelerating.
Took FOREVER to get ahold of someone at Palmgren (CH Hanson Group, actually), and when I told them what was going on, the guy just sighed. Apparently, they had a factory that messed up the electronics in these things, so he said he would send me a new one and just keep the old one. This was at least 6 or 8 months ago. Then the other day, here comes the UPS guy who dropped off a big box. I thought, "what in tarnation did the wife order now." Actually, I didn't think that at all since the wife hardly ever orders anything. My mind was frantically racing, trying to remember my late nights and if I had been drinking while hovering over a "buy now" button. After looking at the box, I realized it was my new buffer. I had all but given up on ever getting it. Thanks, George at CH Hanson Group!

EDIT: Holy crap, this new one is about $750 at Summit Racing, which is where I bought the other one for less than $300 (different model number). Crikey

 

[lordbeezer]

Well I didn’t buy this. Brother brought from his jobs stainless steel scrap bin. I’ll use it for something.

 

[pontiac428]

Well I didn’t buy this. Brother brought from his jobs stainless steel scrap bin. I’ll use it for something.

Flip it over, and tell everyone it's a certiflat welding table. From this altitude it looks right to me.

 

[rdean]

I went to the flea market today with the wife and spied this wooden box under some other junk.
This was inside.


There was no price on the box so I found a guy working there to ask. I expected he would have some stupid high price and I would say no thank you and put the box back.
He opened the box and said $15.00
I almost twisted my wrist trying to get my wallet out of my pocket.



It is a 0-500 mm or 20" digital scale with the battery and works fine.

I think I did OK!

Ray

 

[Cheeseking]

Picked up a Haimer Centro. Bit of a splurge yes but I do enough locating round work on my Tormach to semi justify and last job po’d me enough to replace my cheepy shars coax. OMG it’s night and day and for the cost damn better be.

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[wachuko]

Tired of the heat in the garage... and will not be installing an A/C for another year (or two)... so ordered a fan today... Got it all from MSC Direct... from their recent sales/discount brochure...

149.00 for the fan




I have an inexpensive outside micrometer... but wanted a better quality unit, so while I was there... got this one for 150.12



And why not also add a spiral flute 2-56 tap.... and a replacement for the 2.5mm drill bit that I broke the other day... got to keep the set complete... oh, and look... a 1/8" thick parallel set for 64.09! Sure, why not... Almost done with @davidpbest list of must have...



And from eBay, ordered a new bearing with snap ring for the Wells-Index... 5204 bearing...

 

[NCjeeper]

I think you will enjoy that Mitutoyo mic. I have the same one and I love it.

 

[Bi11Hudson]

Awright, what did I just buy and did I pay too much? I have a B&S dividing head, a small one that is maybe two thirds the size of a BS-0. And I have a Chinese BS-0(Grizzly), somewhere. My shop was broken into a while back and last time I needed it, I couldn't find it. It isn't shiney and is very heavy. Knowing me, I put it someplace safe and forgot where. Then there's a 4" rotary table with a dividing attachment (fraction plates) for use on my Atlas mill. All of my stuff is fairly small, I do mostly model work.

Be that as it may, I ran across an eBay listing that I just had to bid on. No one had bid so I posted one for 10 minutes or so to go. It was $125 bux (+~$40 shipping), a little bigger than a BS-0. I figure that at that price it was reasonable if it was in good shape. What caught my eye was the external gearing. I'm not sure what it does, but I figured it tied the head to the table feed to do spiral shapes.(??)

It hasn't shipped yet, and likely will go UPS for the weight. UPS is questionable right now. . . So, any ideas of what the gears are??

 

[Christianstark]

OK, so I bought a few things, but only 1 was today.

First, I bought a 2hp 3 phase motor for my belt grinder project. This came Friday, so I had to bore and drill for face mount. Secondly, I just purchased 2. boxes of 6002 bearings with rubber seals for swap with my 1 year old PM-833TV milling machine. The z axis is a bit crunchy so I plan on replacing the bearings.

 

[twhite]

Just received this Stanley 10” Machinist level. It is in excellent condition. I will give the base a bit of loving to remove the staining. Then I will measure and see how much it can measure at 12”. I had a hard time getting any real info on these. Best I was able to find was .007 over 12” per hash line. I will verify tomorrow at work on the surface plate.

I really like the adjustment on these. I found the patent just to see.

Cutting oil is my blood.