What Did You Buy Today?

[GoceKU]

Sunday i went to the local tool/flea market. First thing i bought right after the gate was a two tow ropes, they have nice cast hooks and have small amount of stretch to them, got them both for 6$. Then i spent some time and bought me this 26mm concrete drill bit i paid 7$ for it. Then i come by a vender selling electrical cables, i bought me a roll of thinner gauge cable for a future project (inspection pit) for 7$. Then i started looking for car parts, i come by and bought a dirty set of fuel injectors and fuel rail and regulator for a Yugo, i paid 2$ for them. In the mix of car parts there also was this huge three phase switch, i like the long handle on it and to was only 3$ which is cheap. Then i come by and bought this Lada niva timing chain tensioner new with some surface rust for 1$. Then i found a new lada distributor cap and mice trap also for 1$, i don't have mice problem i got it for the strong spring. Not too bad on the walet. Thanks for watching

 

[DavidR8]

Technically I bought this on Saturday but
48” of 1.25” 6061
24” of 1.125” 1045
24” of 1.00” 12L14
8” of 2.5” 416


(edits to correct diameter dimension of 1045 and 12L14)

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[francist]

48” of 1.25” 6061
24” of 1.25” 1045
24” of 1.25” 12L14
8” of 2.5” 416

That must have set you back a bit -- wha'cha building? Or just inventory.

 

[DavidR8]

That must have set you back a bit -- wha'cha building? Or just inventory.

Just inventory to be honest.
Some of it was from Metal Supermarket as General Metals only had the 1045.
He is basically running a hobby business in that he's not open business hours, only evenings and Saturdays. He has very little solid stock.
The folks at Metal Supermarket were decent to deal with to be honest.
The 12L14 was .92/inch
6061 was 1.09/inch
1045 was $2/ft (I paid $20 for 2 ft so...)
All in, $139 inc. tax

 

[francist]

Yeah, I just wish I could figure out their pricing strategy a bit better.

 

[DavidR8]

Oh and this via a FB post.
12 lbs of CRS 1" and 1/2" for $14 shipped

 

[mattthemuppet2]

doh - too slow! Those are decent prices. I bought 16lb of aluminium and stainless (no idea what grade) for $5 last Friday The stainless bit was 7/8x35", found it half buried in the mud at the scrap yard..



slight caveat to the above haul - I did have to carry 44lb of CI brake disks to the scrap yard on my bike to get that price. It was originally $8, then the $3 scrap for the disks was taken off

 

[DavidR8]

nice! how much did you pay?

$139 for the 6061, 12L14, 1045 and the 416.
$14 for the short lengths of CRS
Scratch the CRS shots... the seller just realized that I'm in Canada so the shipping is too high.

 

[francist]

The 12L14 was .92/ft
6061 was 1.09/ft
1045 was $2/ft

Umm, something's not computing. I think those prices are per inch -- otherwise you really did find some good bargains!

 

[DavidR8]

Umm, something's not computing. I think those prices are per inch -- otherwise you really did find some good bargains!

Umm, something's not computing. I think those prices are per inch -- otherwise you really did find some good bargains!

Right... per inch sorry!
I'll edit to reduce the confusion.