What Did You Buy Today?

G-ManBart said:
I've been wanting a large blueprint cabinet to store things like user manuals, etc. They usually sell for way more than I'm willing to pay, but this was at a local farm/equipment auction and I nabbed it for $75. The drawers open smoothly and are really clean inside...I'm sure the cat will put paw prints on it tonight :grin:

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Nice find – it has deeper drawers than most flat files, which will make in very handy. Plus, it gives you more flat space to pile things on :)
 
ChazzC said:
Nice find – it has deeper drawers than most flat files, which will make in very handy. Plus, it gives you more flat space to pile things on :)
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Exactly! I found one a few months ago for my wife and it's a similar size, but five drawers in the same height, so they are nowhere near as deep. I paid a lot more for it too, but she's worth it :) She's a serious hobby photographer and is using it for prints, so the shorter drawers aren't a concern.
 
Some might enjoy this, after years of looking, I finally found a nice USA made pedestal grinder that is in good shape, it was wayyyy in Rockford Illinois!

But I couldn't resist, so I purchased her, lined up a truck and the paperwork to ship her to Canada Bc.
It arrived last week, was installed into the original location in 1928, it's a us electrical tool company with all the bells and whistles, model 20, 12x2" stones 3hp
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Swapmeet haul today. Spent the day at the beach and a swapmeet with my wife,daughter, son-in-law and grandson. Great mid week trip.
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$40 well spent. Half was on the Foster bros cleaver. That makes 2 Starrett 196 indicators in 4 days. It is nice and smooth. I only need to get a crystal for it. Clean the tar out of the box and cleaver.


Cutting oil is my blood.
 
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Zyox Jägergeist said:
Some might enjoy this, after years of looking, I finally found a nice USA made pedestal grinder that is in good shape, it was wayyyy in Rockford Illinois!

But I couldn't resist, so I purchased her, lined up a truck and the paperwork to ship her to Canada Bc.
It arrived last week, was installed into the original location in 1928, it's a us electrical tool company with all the bells and whistles, model 20, 12x2" stones 3hp
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Awesome grinder.
A truely beautiful piece of machinery.
I have a bit of a jones for big Old grinders and would love to have a 2x12.
Have some grinding to do on a battleship :)
I missed out on two of them of late.
One at an auction and one at a guys place where I bought another piece of machinery. He wouldn't sell it.
I have your grinder's little sister here.
Same manufacturer.
I did a rehab on it a couple of years ago.
It was on a crude stand. I mounted it on an axle housing from a Ford tractor.
You will cry if you ever have to buy new stones for yours.
I did when I bought these little 1 1/2 X 10
Cost nearly four times as much as I paid for the grinder.
 

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Here's the cabinet that came as part of the Rockwell EFI drill press purchase. It was about half full of drills, reamers, adapters, etc. The seller said he was always intending to repaint, so a can of Rustoleum took care of the case. The drawer colors were painted by some previous owner.

The thing is incredibly heavy and solid, and the 20 half drawers are very deep and individually removable.IMG_3613.jpeg
 
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