What Did You Buy Today?

IamNotImportant said:
Well after talking to the fella at the big machine shop, he pretty much made up my mind that i will need to get at least a 7x12 horizontal bandsaw
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I don't know if I need all of 7x12, but I purchased the HF 7x12 three years ago with a coupon for $750. I have really enjoyed it. Installed a bimetal blade before I turned it on. Accurate, clean cuts, coolant pump. I use it frequently, but have never wanted for more. It can be wired for 110 or 220 single phase. I wired mine for 220. When I unboxed it, the fan shroud on the back of the motor was dented to the point I knew the fan would not turn. HF didn't offer a replacement shroud and it took over a year to get things resolved. I say resolved because they sent one motor which was so poorly packed that it was unusable (bent shaft). I returned it to the local store. They couldn't get another motor in from China. Finally they offered me a 2 hp continuous duty motor and I took them up on it. I was not really out anything or any down time. I had removed the cover and set it aside (motor never runs that long anyway). When they told me that I could take the motor offered or return and exchange the saw, I opted to keep the saw (300+ pounds, so I didn't want to move it). I straightened the shroud, painted it and reinstalled it. Cant even tell there was ever an issue.

2HP motor is still in the box because I lack creativity.
 
Eyerelief said:
I don't know if I need all of 7x12, but I purchased the HF 7x12 three years ago with a coupon for $750. I have really enjoyed it. Installed a bimetal blade before I turned it on. Accurate, clean cuts, coolant pump. I use it frequently, but have never wanted for more. It can be wired for 110 or 220 single phase. I wired mine for 220. When I unboxed it, the fan shroud on the back of the motor was dented to the point I knew the fan would not turn. HF didn't offer a replacement shroud and it took over a year to get things resolved. I say resolved because they sent one motor which was so poorly packed that it was unusable (bent shaft). I returned it to the local store. They couldn't get another motor in from China. Finally they offered me a 2 hp continuous duty motor and I took them up on it. I was not really out anything or any down time. I had removed the cover and set it aside (motor never runs that long anyway). When they told me that I could take the motor offered or return and exchange the saw, I opted to keep the saw (300+ pounds, so I didn't want to move it). I straightened the shroud, painted it and reinstalled it. Cant even tell there was ever an issue.

2HP motor is still in the box because I lack creativity.
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something like that will be most likely i will be looking for
 
Well, MSC did it again. This time I purchased a set of Stanley/Proto 8-Point Sockets (I had 1/4" & 5/16", but not the larger ones, and they're like hen's teeth to find individually) drop-shipped from a third-party seller on Amazon ($12 less than direct from Amazon and although free delivery was expected in two weeks, got them the next day). [I am confused though: I get that "GoVets" might have a sweeter deal with MSC than Amazon (even though the packing slip says "Veratics, Inc."), how come MSC's "Web Price" is $2 more than Amazon (list is another $3) plus $13 s/h?] Anyway, here's what I found when I opened the shipping box:
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Stanley/Proto didn't do much better:
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Here's what I got:
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I don't use a lot of square nuts, but they are common in 10-24 & 12-24 (and larger hardware on older equipment). I recently used some 10-24 hanger bolts to install a water filter for my humidifier and used a hex nut jammed over a square nut to screw the hanger portion into the joist:
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The square nut allows you to use some pressure with a 3/8" nut driver, then you break apart the nuts, back them both off and install whatever with just the hex nut.

Over the weekend, I decided to change the setup, so I needed to remove the hanger bolts – fortunately, a 3/8" 8-point sock slips over a 3/8" hex nut to engage in the square nut, so now I can back the hanger bolts out easily.
 
Bit of an impulse buy. I found this Sandvik 4" RA590 face mill on the bay for $90 free shipping. Brand new these go for around $1100, used, $600+/-. It uses 6 inserts and that is where the pucker factor is. New the general purpose inserts run around $40 each. Two cutting edges per has them at around $20 an edge. The 6 that were installed looked like they had an unused side so I put it on an R8 arbor and gave it a spin. It is a 90* which isn't optimal but..........

What is unique about this series of face mill is that you can adjust the depth of each insert. Notice the two torx screws associated with each insert. Apparently there is about .003 to play with. Step one after cleaning it up was to set the depth of each insert:
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This face mill had a wiper insert installed so I set it .00075 deeper per my Mitutoyo:
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The inserts are all positive rake which is pretty aggressive for an old manual machine. The only piece of aluminum I had that was 4" wide was 3/8" thick. I think it flexed a little and as a result it did not produce a finish that was worth much. I only tried one pass knowing that since the aluminum was sitting on parallels in my vise instead of clamped flat to the table that I wasn't giving it a fair shake.
I put a piece of inch thick tool steel in and tried a pass .003 deep, 4" per min, 1200rpm.

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Not bad. I see the machining marks but i don't feel them. Made a second pass since I was through the oxidation and it was smoother yet.

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I don't think I have the wiper insert deep enough. I will toy around with setting it slightly deeper starting at about .001 down from the other 5.
Nothing I would have ever purchased at regular new or even used prices but for $90 it was worth a try. Found some new 10 packs of Sandvik carbide inserts on the bay for $120 or $6 an edge so i grabbed up a pack.
 
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