What Did You Buy Today?

[oogenshire]

how / why? that's great. were you having a problem?

no they put it on sale for 150 cheaper today and they refunded me the difference

 

[GrifterGuru]

The R/H Tangential Tool Holder and Grinding Jig I ordered from Eccentric Engineering, as referenced in post #14,928 arrived today, Christmas Eve, of all days. A nice early christmas present. I was not expecting it to arrive quite so quickly. Very impressed with delivery time!

To think, this started thanks to @SouthernChap gifting me the L/H version recently. These things are multi-capable, so it makes sense to me to have both variants.

Yes, I have honed the ground faces and that does make a difference.

Now all I am waiting for is the additional tool-blanks I ordered (not from Eccentric) to arrive.

 

[ChazzC]

The R/H Tangential Tool Holder and Grinding Jig I ordered from Eccentric Engineering, as referenced in post #14,928 arrived today, Christmas Eve, of all days. A nice early christmas present. I was not expecting it to arrive quite so quickly. Very impressed with delivery time!

To think, this started thanks to @SouthernChap gifting me the L/H version recently. These things are multi-capable, so it makes sense to me to have both variants.

Yes, I have honed the ground faces and that does make a difference.

Now all I am waiting for is the additional tool-blanks I ordered (not from Eccentric) to arrive.


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Happy Christmas! (or should It be "Boxing Day," in which case it arrived early?)

Gary somehow managed to have my Diamond Holders & Flexi-Chuck delivered on the day before my birthday (well, for him it was already my birthday) a few years ago.

 

[SouthernChap]

Happy Christmas! (or should It be "Boxing Day," in which case it arrived early?)

Gary somehow managed to have my Diamond Holders & Flexi-Chuck delivered on the day before my birthday (well, for him it was already my birthday) a few years ago.

The flexi-chuck was the subject of a BlondiHacks video a while back.

It looks like the kind of workholding that one may not use everyday but when it gets used it makes you very glad you have it.

 

[GrifterGuru]

Happy Christmas! (or should It be "Boxing Day," in which case it arrived early?)

Gary somehow managed to have my Diamond Holders & Flexi-Chuck delivered on the day before my birthday (well, for him it was already my birthday) a few years ago.

Certainly impressive shipping times.

The flexi-chuck was the subject of a BlondiHacks video a while back.

It looks like the kind of workholding that one may not use everyday but when it gets used it makes you very glad you have it.

@SouthernChap

Yep, watched that,.

I looked at and considered the flexi chuck given some of the parts within the cycling hobby that are awkward to hold, though not sure I would have a use for one other than that and at nigh on £400 all in, It needs thinking about, but as noted, not sure I would use it more than once, possibly twice at most.

Trying to find a T-Shaped cutting blade that is available in the UK for the FoR holder. Not had much luck yet, but I'll keep looking.

 

[GrifterGuru]

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[ChazzC]

Certainly impressive shipping times.

IIRC, only a week or ten days, portal to portal (but then, postage was significant).

@SouthernChap

Yep, watched that,.

I looked at and considered the flexi chuck given some of the parts within the cycling hobby that are awkward to hold, though not sure I would have a use for one other than that and at nigh on £400 all in, It needs thinking about, but as noted, not sure I would use it more than once, possibly twice at most.

I discovered it watching Presso use it on a Titan .60 model aircraft engine (starts at 19:47):

I convinced myself that I needed one, and after confirming that Village Press would consider an article preparing & modifying the backplate for use on Mini-Lathe, Mini-Mill, RT (and maybe Tilt Table) and a review of using it I made the leap. The prep work and mods are complete with associated drawings & photos, but I’m still looking for a project.

 

[GrifterGuru]

IIRC, only a week or ten days, portal to portal (but then, postage was significant).


I discovered it watching Presso use it on a Titan .60 model aircraft engine (starts at 19:47):

I convinced myself that I needed one, and after confirming that Village Press would consider an article preparing & modifying the backplate for use on Mini-Lathe, Mini-Mill, RT (and maybe Tilt Table) and a review of using it I made the leap. The prep work and mods are complete with associated drawings & photos, but I’m still looking for a project.

@ChazzC

See this is where I have an issue with things like this.

I already have 3JSC, 4JSC, 4JIP, 6JSC, ER32 faceplate & Collets, 5C collet chuck and collets, including expanding collets, all of which I either use regularly, or have used at least three or four times.

Yet, I have three faceplates, none of which I have used yet. If I venture to source the expanding chuck, other than maybe 2 possible times of use, it will most likely sit gathering dust, so why bother with it?

Sure it may well be a "nice to have", but for me it is a case of, yes, it would be "nice to have", but how often would I use it, if at all??