2017 - The Original "What Did You Buy Today?" Mega Thread

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Considering that I'm in the process of tooling up - I may be a frequent offender in this thread!:grin:

Like Badspellar I just upgraded to the premium membership. An awesome bargain considering what I have learned so far!
 
Hmmmm..............how recently? And is there a limit to how many I post???

You know your giving me a really great excuse to go out and buy something cool just to post it on here. ;)

By all means, please post away! We don't care how long ago or how many times! We all enjoy seeing new tools, well I do anyway & I can't be the only one. Seeing the stuff that may be posted here may cause me to go buy something else!
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I didn't buy it today, but I received it today.

JTS Machinery had a sale on R8 collets and they said that everything was 10% off on Tuesday. So I ordered the 32nd collets I needed to fill out my set. I also ordered a rack that holds 48 R8 collets.

I know they're imports, but I got to fill out my set for $4.20 per collet.
 
A 6" vise is overkill for a RF45 style mill. A 4" is more appropiate for that size mill & IMO 5" max. I have a 5" GMT vise on my PM45 & it's slightly too big. Not enough Y axis travel to make use of the 5" full capacity. Better to save your money rather than getting something too big & most importantly the weight. I take my vise of the table quite often, a 6" is still light enough for me to be carried by hand but I'm glad I have a 5". I also have a 4" vise as well. I prefer the 5" though.

But those GMT 6" Premium vises are pretty nice. I'd love to have one but don't need one on my current mill. But if you plan on upgrading to a full size knee mill in the future than the 6" will be perfect.


Here's what the 5" looks like on my mill.
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I couldn't even complete this cut without my bellows & DRO scale getting in the way. Not enough Y travel & the 5" vise is not even maxed out.
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Here's what a 6" vise looks like on another PM45 (gt40's)
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By all means, please post away! We don't care how long ago or how many times! We all enjoy seeing new tools, well I do anyway & I can't be the only one. Seeing the stuff that may be posted here may cause me to go buy something else!
:drool:

Well most of my stuff has been posted before, but I'm always on the lookout for more :D
 
Ordered a carbide internal thread relief tool and a gallon of Mobil 426 cutting oil from Zoro and a bunch of the g&l pocket tools from Techni-Tool.

Also picked up a bunch of 12L14, 7075, 6061, C360, and Delrin from Online Metals.

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