What Did You Buy Today?

So, I've never posted to this thread before, but I just picked up a nice set of these cool Japanese C-Clamps...:pIMG_20221215_224556603.jpg
The 3 in the box on the left are metric, covering 0-75mm. The imperial ones cover 0-6in. Altogether, I bought 9 of these "Clamps" ;)

These could use a little cleaning. They mostly work pretty well, but have some surface crud on them. I'm thinking Isopropyl and a brass brush to start, and possibly wd40 if that doesn't work, but I'm open to suggestions. I think the crud might mostly be residue from the disintegrated foam in the boxes...

-Pete

Edit to add that they all came with the standards and wrenches, and a few had the instructions as well. I was a bit suprised at that.
 
finsruskw said:
Going to pull the trigger on one of these for Christmas.
Will mount on the JTM-2
Best price I could find and has free shipping to boot!
Marry Christmas to me!!

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Showed up today.
Was surprised to learn it was shipped from Precision Matthews in Coropolis, PA!
Are they dealers for the Align brand or is it part and parcel of that company?
Going to let Les open it later today when he gets home from this weeks run.
Afterall, he's the one that suggested I get one......over a year ago!!
Film at eleven!
 
finsruskw said:
Showed up today.
Was surprised to learn it was shipped from Precision Matthews in Coropolis, PA!
Are they dealers for the Align brand or is it part and parcel of that company?
Going to let Les open it later today when he gets home from this weeks run.
Afterall, he's the one that suggested I get one......over a year ago!!
Film at eleven!
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I don't know if there is any connection between Align and PM, but I stumbled on the fact that their eBay and Amazon user name is Quality Machine Tools. I have power feeds for both X&Y on my "sooner, not later" list as well!
 
paradox_pete said:
These could use a little cleaning. They mostly work pretty well, but have some surface crud on them. I'm thinking Isopropyl and a brass brush to start, and possibly wd40 if that doesn't work, but I'm open to suggestions. I think the crud might mostly be residue from the disintegrated foam in the boxes...
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I just cleaned up some ‘C-clamps’ that had the icky deteriorated foam and general shop gunk on them. Isopropyl and a toothbrush worked well. Slightly less aggressive than brass brush. WD-40 sounds good. I used Tri-flo on the stubborn gunk with the same toothbrush.
Just takes a little patience as delicate work.

Nice set!!!
 
Mill Lee farm said:
I just cleaned up some ‘C-clamps’ that had the icky deteriorated foam and general shop gunk on them. Isopropyl and a toothbrush worked well. Slightly less aggressive than brass brush. WD-40 sounds good. I used Tri-flo on the stubborn gunk with the same toothbrush.
Just takes a little patience as delicate work.

Nice set!!!
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I try Isopropyl Alcohol before anything else and then go to Mineral Spirits. Cheap toothbrushes & Q-Tips, also disposable mascara brushes (3/16” +/- diameter spiral that work well cleaning small holes and the inside threads on C-Clamps):

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ChazzC said:
I try Isopropyl Alcohol before anything else and then go to Mineral Spirits. Cheap toothbrushes & Q-Tips, also disposable mascara brushes (3/16” +/- diameter spiral that work well cleaning small holes and the inside threads on C-Clamps):

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Thanks you for introducing me to "disposable mascara brushes". I never would have thought of those key words.

Just a couple of days ago I went to a sporting goods store and bought some pistol and rifle bore/chamber cleaning brushes at $3-$4 each.
Sometimes I need the more aggressive gun brushes, but many times the mascara brushes will be perfectly adequate and two orders of magnitude less expensive.

I think introducing each other to products and sources is the best use of this thread. Thanks again.
 
extropic said:
Thanks you for introducing me to "disposable mascara brushes". I never would have thought of those key words.

Just a couple of days ago I went to a sporting goods store and bought some pistol and rifle bore/chamber cleaning brushes at $3-$4 each.
Sometimes I need the more aggressive gun brushes, but many times the mascara brushes will be perfectly adequate and two orders of magnitude less expensive.

I think introducing each other to products and sources is the best use of this thread. Thanks again.
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Glad to help. I find a lot of stuff at American Science & Surplus, but always check Amazon & eBay just in case as sometimes the stuff isn't really "surplus."

I got one these kits last year when I had some larger holes to clean:

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Well made for what they are, good selection of sizes and can run them in a drill/driver. Bet they would fit your weaponry.
 
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