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You're right. Calipers should be used to lightly clamp the work to get a measurement. Some people squeeze too hard or scribe hard steel with the jaws. Of course, wear is inevitable if they are used hard. The jaws and beam will wear over time. Calipers really aren't meant to last 20-30 years.
The constant sliding will wear away the frame. Light clamp pressure will preserve and prolong accurate use for a long time.
 
I just picked up another band saw... just a small horizontal... I already had an MSC branded 4×6, but this one was cheap, so I couldn't resist...

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Its a Johnson model J... 10×18. It needs some work, but it runs and seems to be pretty solid. The hydraulic lift cylinder isn't working, and the spur gear that drives the driven wheel is missing. Otherwise, its in pretty good condition.

Please don't tell my wife...

-Bear
 
Well that old brown truck stopped here yesterday and DERN if he didn't get me in trouble. He's a coward too, rings the bell and runs. A very neatly packaged box arrived from HGR inside was two brand new rolls of stainless wrapped tubing for me to use in my shop. They make good lines for misters and coolant lines , the wrapping protects from chips damaging them. So I'm more then set for my lifetime. Shoot I may cut and sell some . HGR does charge heavy for there shipping and handling , but you have to weigh the worth over cost.
 
Bear
She’ll never notice.
Are you sure that this one is big enough?
 
Well I ended up with a couple of Kennedy top boxes. A lot of odds and ends and crap. Quite a few inserts I have to sort through yet. Starret small hole gauges, shop made angle gauges a couple of machinist books, a lot of small o ring type picks. Pretty much got the Kennedy boxes for a good deal and contents for free.
I now think I have plenty of storage and then some.
Time to plop down money for QC holders and some other odds and ends.
Honestly need to refrain from "acquiring" more auction items and run with what I have.
Jeff
 
Last week, I picked up a Dynabrade Dynafile II, at a shop clean out for $30. Picked up some 1/2” x 18” sanding belts and gave it a slight work out, on Thursday, I have a Nitto-Kohki (3/8” x 13”), the Dynabrade is a larger unit and will be a learning process, to get optimum performance.
 
What did I buy today??
Oh, I'll tell you what I bought today!




SUUUURRRFAAAAACE GRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINDER!!!!!! :D:D:eek::eek::eek::D:eek::eek:

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I didn't even get all the straps and chains off before I had to try it out!
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Not too shabby!
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Mind the apprentice mark in the corner :big grin:

The machine runs well, but it's got some weirdness... A furnace fan motor, for one... And the janky wiring and the household light switch.
I may do a tear down, not sure yet.
That part I ground was good to .0004" across 4". And that was just a quick pass on top and bottom with only rubbing the magnet down with WD40 and a rag. I will probably pull the table and clean it all and grind the magnet flat. It's a bit beat up.

Needless to say tho, I'm over the moon.
I'd say something silly like, my machine shop is complete, lathe, mill, grinder... But let's be honest here...
That said, this grinder is taking up the LAST corner I could clean out in the garage. And that included building a whole pile of cabinets and mounting them on the walls.
 
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