What Did You Buy Today?

[IamNotImportant]

@slodat You are really going to like that Geometric style die head. First order of business will be to make sure that the chasers are complete sets of 4, numbered 1 thru 4. I say that because I see some loose one in the pic. Get them together in sets. Secondly, fabricate a way to hold it in your tailstock.

i would not mind having one and will one day
just like i want a few annular cutters too

 

[snoopdog]

After giving mine to my uncle a couple yrs ago, after he bought a lathe and a mill. ( I'll never use this stuff again) Well, I had to get another after I got back in, it showed up today.

 

[IamNotImportant]

takes a while for that "i'll never use this again" to come around on ya

 

[snoopdog]

takes a while for that "i'll never use this again" to come around on ya
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Yeah, gave him a bunch of hss lathe tooling, now I cant find any, worth the money. Oh well, made me feel good at the time, he passed a few months ago.

 

[pontiac428]

Fireball Hardtail Vise. I was early in the pre-order queue. Called for payment and to confirm shipping info today.

I saw your post and salivated. I went to the website and cheered. I saw the price and cried.

$3800 for a 6" bench vise made right here in Washington.

I'm not the kind of guy who shops the Sharper Image catalog, but that thing belongs there, because there is no other way to justify the price. You can't tell me that unions are responsible, or the EPA, or OSHA, or building codes, or any other cost of doing business outside of the third world.

Is it greed? Is it Gucci? Why did Fireball even bother?

 

[slodat]

@slodat You are really going to like that Geometric style die head. First order of business will be to make sure that the chasers are complete sets of 4, numbered 1 thru 4. I say that because I see some loose one in the pic. Get them together in sets. Secondly, fabricate a way to hold it in your tailstock.

I have a MT1-MT4 adapter coming. Both of my lathes have MT4 tailstock. Thought is to bore the adapter to fit the die head, set screw to secure it.

 

[slodat]

I saw your post and salivated. I went to the website and cheered. I saw the price and cried.

$3800 for a 6" bench vise made right here in Washington.

I'm not the kind of guy who shops the Sharper Image catalog, but that thing belongs there, because there is no other way to justify the price. You can't tell me that unions are responsible, or the EPA, or OSHA, or building codes, or any other cost of doing business outside of the third world.

Is it greed? Is it Gucci? Why did Fireball even bother?

I didn't buy the USA made version. It's not available for quite a while. The price is because of what they cost to make in the US. I'm sure the Taiwan version will be an incredible vise. It cost less than the new Wilton I was looking at last year when I did the pre-order.

 

[IamNotImportant]

I saw your post and salivated. I went to the website and cheered. I saw the price and cried.

$3800 for a 6" bench vise made right here in Washington.

I'm not the kind of guy who shops the Sharper Image catalog, but that thing belongs there, because there is no other way to justify the price. You can't tell me that unions are responsible, or the EPA, or OSHA, or building codes, or any other cost of doing business outside of the third world.

Is it greed? Is it Gucci? Why did Fireball even bother?

but they have this one for 150.00 bucks

 

[matthewsx]

but they have this one for 150.00 bucks

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Never seen a welded vise before but that's a very attractive price. And you can weld it back together if you break it I guess....

John

 

[IamNotImportant]

Never seen a welded vise before but that's a very attractive price. And you can weld it back together if you break it I guess....

John

oh boy, i would be SOL then..