What Did You Buy Today?

[DavidR8]

Picked up this brand new floor mount bender from FB Marketplace for $75. Retail locally is $170.
Looking to make some trellisis (trelli?) for the garden. And I'm sure it will be used for other things

 

[derfatdutchman]

After years of sweeping an indicator to tram my mill head I bought a spindle tramming square. All I can say is why didn’t I buy one years ago!

 

[erikmannie]

I just bought another 2 lbs. of 1/16” LFB (low fuming bronze) because I am working on a project where I am brazing a lot of thin steel tubing.

 

[Gaffer]

I've been looking for a used quality bench grinder and finally found one on Craigslist I could afford - $150. It's missing a few parts but nothing I can't make and they don't affect its function. Got it home and wired, and it is fantastic! No vibration and quiet. It has a coarse cone-shaped grinding wheel on one side and a buffing wheel on the other, so I'll need to get my hands on new wheels as I dive into grinding HSS lathe tools for my SB 9".

 

[Aukai]

Solid stand too

 

[GreatOldOne]

Eclipse 231 v-blocks with clamps

Bernard parallel pliers.

 

[DavidR8]

My knurl wheels finally arrived.

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[Z2V]

I picked up a Mitutoyo Mag base with a Compac indicator off eBay for a great package price. Both are spotless, and unmarked.

 

[WobblyHand]

My PM25MV arrived.

Happy and a little overwhelmed right now.

 

[JRaut]

I got me a new-to-me 6” 6-jaw chuck!

Seems the previous owner used it for turning graphite rods, so it was FILTHY. Took several hours and about a roll of shop towels to clean up. Good news is that graphite is super soft, so virtually zero wear on any of the innards.

Made in the Los Angeles area by QU Industrial; I’d never heard of the before, but it seems like a very high quality chuck. Hardened and ground everywhere.

It came with a back plate that fit my lathe, and has a Set-Tru feature and reversible jaws; I think I’ll get some pretty darn good use out of it!