What Did You Buy Today?

7milesup said:
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.

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Ideal Precision sells all major brands of precision measuring tools including Mitutoyo, Starrett, MahrFederal, and Brown & Sharpe.
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I do think I may close the loop on this and call Ideal this week. Not sure if they carry the pin vises but worth getting their take on it.
 
I got to spend somebody else’s money for this one. The customer is supplying the money for the cutting tools and material in advance.

All solid carbide: two #3 center drills, one #5 center drill, three 5/16” drills & two 3/8” drills.

All on one order from Suncoast Tools: $195.06 including tax & shipping (but they didn’t charge me tax). I get to keep the worn tools after the job!

These are for drilling over 200 (!) holes in .125” wall 304 stainless steel angle. The angle is 1-1/2” X 1-1/2”. These are support brackets for a hardwood fence. The tolerance for this job is 1/32”.

I have almost no experience machining stainless, but I saw this:

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Drilling stainless steel : 5 easy steps

Drilling stainless steel can be particularly difficult, however follow these simple steps to make it an easy job.
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GunsOfNavarone said:
I was so impressed with the 0-1" Mitutoyo micrometer I won from Practical Machinist that I decided to purchase a 1-2" version. I came across an ad for their QUANTUMIKE and man! SO much faster to use. Check them out if you are in the market.
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As much as I like the 0-1 Mitutoyo that I recently bought, I could not bring myself to spend on the same brand for the 1-2 and now the 2-3. I went with a much less expensive alternative... Those Quantumike are amazing... but man! US$525.00 for both units... I just could not do it. That is money better spent on the MIG welder that I am ordering next month...

Mitutoyo 293-186-30 Quatumike 1-2
Mitutoyo 293-187-30 Quatumike 2-3

I am just a hobbyist and I can't justify them... I went with these instead... ordered the 2-3 today...

Shars/Aventar IP65 2-3" Digital Micrometer - 89.95 + tax...yeah, that! I could go for...
 
8" Logan shaper. Craig's List Photo, still in the trailer until the shop is finished, I hope this week. Had hoped the tooling would include an internal key cutter, but not that lucky. Vise is original. Too funny, guy purchased it in the town I just brought it back to.

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erikmannie said:
I got to spend somebody else’s money for this one. The customer is supplying the money for the cutting tools and material in advance.

All solid carbide: two #3 center drills, one #5 center drill, three 5/16” drills & two 3/8” drills.

All on one order from Suncoast Tools: $195.06 including tax & shipping (but they didn’t charge me tax). I get to keep the worn tools after the job!

These are for drilling over 200 (!) holes in .125” wall 304 stainless steel angle. The angle is 1-1/2” X 1-1/2”. These are support brackets for a hardwood fence. The tolerance for this job is 1/32”.

I have almost no experience machining stainless, but I saw this:
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Be careful with those carbide drills. They like to snap if the geometry gets crooked at all. I usually prefer Cobalt steel but for that many holes carbide may be the way to go.
 
Shiseiji said:
8" Logan shaper. Craig's List Photo, still in the trailer until the shop is finished, I hope this week. Had hoped the tooling would include an internal key cutter, but not that lucky. Vise is original. Too funny, guy purchased it in the town I just brought it back to.

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Internal key cutter is easy to make. I’ve done a bunch of 2mm keys for first robotics gears and pulleys with mine.
 
with stainless turn slow and feed hard, don't dwell. Lots of cutting oil helps too. This afternoon I drilled and reamed a 2 1/2" deep 3/16" hole in some mystery stainless with a cobalt drill. Went fine, drill still looks good. Carbide will also be fine, though I tend only to use it when I hit a work hardening moment :)
 
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