What Did You Buy Today?

[Mill Lee farm]

Also bought a Mitutoyo 2803S-10 indicator from Ideal Precision.

Hey! Small world!
Is it used? Your dial face seems to have less wear than mine.
Nice unit right???

 

[G-ManBart]

Hey! Small world!
Is it used? Your dial face seems to have less wear than mine.
Nice unit right???

Yep, it's one of their used/refurbished units and I'm really happy how clean it is. I haven't done much with it, but it seems really nice. I'm probably going to try it out for real tomorrow but it's definitely an upgrade from the cheap indicators I've been using. I bought a new Mitutoyo 513-442-10T test indicator a few weeks ago and that spoiled me!

The funny thing is it's marked 2803S-10 and that's what I ordered, but it has a flat back, so no lug, which should be a 2803SB-10. I called to make sure I didn't mess up on the order and they confirmed it was the wrong unit. They offered to send me a lug back that I could replace myself, or a shipping label for an exchange, but I think I'm just going to keep it. I can use the stem or the dovetail mount on my NOGA, so it's really a non-issue. I'm pretty sure I'll be buying more stuff from them!

 

[mattthemuppet2]

let me have a look, I might have some..

Sorry, the only small ones I have are right hand, not the left hand inserts (N2L) your bar takes

 

[erikmannie]

I have stopped buying stuff! However, my son bought this cute little male English Bulldog. He is 3 weeks old in this picture we took when we went to meet him today. He has to stay with his mother for another 5 weeks.









I bought a lot of abrasives using my brother’s money for his project that I am working on. Twenty quantity 4-1/2” poly strip discs + 100 quantity 5” sanding discs for $98. This is enough abrasives for 6 hours of sanding, so apparently using abrasives costs about $16/hour.

 

[IamNotImportant]

A couple years ago I bought a Tegara vise from Shars. See post #7 at:

Kurt vs. Glacern vs. Homge

I'll be purchasing a new vise in the future for my PM835S. Haven't decided between a 5" or 6" yet. I'm thinking the 6" might be a little too big for my mill, but then again, I haven't received my mill just yet. Is it worth paying a very large premium for Kurt vises? I hear good things about...

www.hobby-machinist.com

It's worked out very well for me.

believe that i am going to try one of these... eventually will go to a fixture plate on the table

 

[Shotgun]

Yesterday, I introduced a new mill to the shop today. An Enco clone of a Bridgeport. The variable speed mechanism is broken due to unknown reasons, and the downfeed doesn't work due to missing parts. But, what can you expect for $1500. The tables seem to be really tight, with the barest of backlash.
Today, I bought an extra head that looks like it has all the missing parts. Another $250.

 

[TorontoBuilder]

ambitious

 

[erikmannie]

Yesterday, I introduced a new mill to the shop today. An Enco clone of a Bridgeport. The variable speed mechanism is broken due to unknown reasons, and the downfeed doesn't work due to missing parts. But, what can you expect for $1500. The tables seem to be really tight, with the barest of backlash.
Today, I bought an extra head that looks like it has all the missing parts. Another $250.

As you know, that machine will be a workhorse once you get it going.

 

[Shotgun]

Doing a bit of cleanup, and going over what's missing. I get the impression that this lathe was bought for parts. There are several pieces missing, but what's left seems to be in pristine condition. The varispeed seems to need nothing more than the worm gear and handle. The flaking on the Y ways looks untouched.

 

[mmcmdl]

Continuing the clean up of the bedroom floor .

4 complete sets of GearWrench and Williams SAE and metric flexhead and regular ratchet wrenches . Just cuz ya never have enough .