What Did You Buy Today?

[Mill Lee farm]

Awesome!
You want to start a side business supplying the rest of the forum?!? Ha!

 

[WobblyHand]

Not quite tools, but for a tool and included a little tool. Got some connectors for my ELS project. So the connectors are for the ELS for my lathe. Got some GX style connectors, and an interesting M8-4 pin connector. The cable end of the M8 connector has tiny set screws to hold the wires in. Each cable end connector came with a tiny 0.89 mm hex wrench.

I removed the hood/cover from the cable end, so you can see these screws.

Looks like it will clamp onto 20 awg wire, easily, which is fine for what I need. Who knows what kind of wire retention force that tiny M2 set screw has.

 

[682bear]

I found an old vise in an antique mall today. I made an offer, which was accepted, and brought it home.

It's a Cole Tool #11...







It seems to be in decent condition... and doesn't look like it has been badly abused.

-Bear

 

[wachuko]

I found an old vise in an antique mall today. I made an offer, which was accepted, and brought it home.

It's a Cole Tool #11...

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It seems to be in decent condition... and doesn't look like it has been badly abused.

-Bear

Okay… how is this beauty held/fixed to the bench???

 

[erikmannie]

I sent $390 to @mattthemuppet2

He shipped me a bunch of carbide endmills, some carbide chamfer mills, & some carbide inserts.

Here are some preview pictures. I will post a picture of the haul when it gets here in a few days.

 

[682bear]

Okay… how is this beauty held/fixed to the bench???

The piece on the left...



...is an 'anvil'. It mounts to the bench with the slot in the bottom. The vise swivels in the anvil... there is a locking handle on the opposite side to lock the swivel.

-Bear

 

[Grader Johnny]

Bought a 8inch 1HP bench grinder

 

[7milesup]

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Just goes to show that a "brand" name isn't always the best.

Those are definitely counterfeit. I never buy Mitutoyo from Amazon. Never.
If you want Mitutoyo you need to buy from a reputable USA seller. Amazon is not a reputable seller.

Shop

Ideal Precision sells all major brands of precision measuring tools including Mitutoyo, Starrett, MahrFederal, and Brown & Sharpe.

shop.idealprec.com

 

[Gnpenning]

The piece on the left...

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...is an 'anvil'. It mounts to the bench with the slot in the bottom. The vise swivels in the anvil... there is a locking handle on the opposite side to lock the swivel.

-Bear

To expand on this a little, on the bottom of the jaws is a hole that can hold a pipe/ bar to the floor for added support if needed. Just using the slot in heavy application can be problematic.

They are a cool vise and work great with a little common sense. Hopefully some day when I get back to a larger shop I can get mine set back up.

 

[Mill Lee farm]

Okay… how is this beauty held/fixed to the bench???

And is it hinged (connected) at the bottom of the jaws? Maybe a blacksmith vise?