What Did You Buy Today?

Gaffer said:
Not machining related but most of you talk about your tractors. I bought a nice, used, orange B2620.
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I had the B7610 and now I have the B7510 and love the thing . I still have less than 400 hrs. on the thing and use it just about everyday . I went out and bought all the attachments for the tractor over the years . 60 inch undermount mower deck , grader box , rake , post hole digger , 3 pt. stump grinder etc . I would suggest to you to put teeth on the bucket if you plan on doing any kind of digging . Best money I've ever spent . :encourage: Gotta love the Bota's !
 
Superburban said:
Picked up a stainless collet rack.

Its actually a jalapeno roasting rack, but it will work great for my collets, just not sure If I will use it for ER40, or the C8, looks like it will work great for either.

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what a great idea! what size are the holes? Trying to figure out if it'll work with my ER32 collets. The racks aren't much money on Amazon..
 
mmcmdl said:
That looks to be an Enco boring/facing head Matt ! :encourage: I sold one awhile back and kept the Wahlhaupter .
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It’s a French made Enco. Don’t even have a mill yet but I couldn’t pass it up. The whole haul was $250, got it from the same guy that I got the jacobs flex collet chuck.
 
Aukai said:
Jeff I see that your sharp is a 10 x 50, the SHARP, and ACRA 9 x 50s are with in 100lbs of each other, still probably casting differences, but I'm not sure. :)
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Mine is mid 70's, made in Taiwan.
 
C-Bag said:
All the talk of guys trying to find decent quality taps and me being happy I got mine back in the 80’s jinxed me. I broke a 1/4-20 tap from my Bluepoint set. Since there is nothing worth buying in local hardware it was off to eBay. And as usual it feels like shopping in a hostile carnival with everybody trying to scam you. I went page after page, stupid deal after another almost ready to give up and then bam! You betcha!

12 NOS 1/4-20 GTD(Greenfield tap and die) plug taps in the original box from ‘02. $26.95 w/free shipping. Way more 1/4-20’s than I will ever need but I was seeing single GTD’s going for $18 w/shipping!

sometimes persistence pays off. Guy even sent priority and they got here in 2 days.
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For some reason prices on eBay for taps and dies have gone through the roof lately. Last year I decided to replenish my stock so I went to some of my saved sellers on eBay. In total I bought about 200 taps of various sizes and thread pitches. Prices for small taps (0-80 - 1/2-13) were between $2.50 and $3.00 each when buying by the box. Sizes between 1/2-13 and 3/4-10 were between $8.00 and $12.00 when purchased by the box. These were all name brand HSS taps. The brands included names like Morse, GDT, YG1, WIDA, Triumph, Regal, and Union Butterfield. I stay away from the hardware store brands like Vermont, Irwin Hanson, Drill Hog, and anything made in China. While any of the later mentioned brands might have a good product from time to time they have relatively little quality control. I'm not willing to take the chance they're within the stated specs or made from the best grade materials.

There are still a few vendors offering somewhat similar prices by the box, but if you look for anything less than by the box the prices are outrageous. I see some sellers asking more for an individual item than others are asking for a complete box of the exact same taps. There are some that are asking more for their taps than they sell for at retail suppliers like McMaster and MSC, I try to stick with vendors that buy out surplus stock or from places going out of business. They sell in volume and seem to have higher quality offerings and more reasonable prices
 
wachuko said:
I need a bandsaw... I missed the special Grizzly had on their G0926 - 4" x 5-1/2" Variable-Speed Metal-Cutting Bandsaw... At 389.95 I would have jumped on it, but not at their regular 550.00 price now... this was during their Summer Sale a few weeks back... I will wait for another special...

Is the one you got the only bandsaw you use or do you have one with a stand? I have never considered a handheld electric bandsaw...
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I do have a bandsaw, but it’s not on a stand. 1D3943DE-D218-4C8C-8C78-4FAC3DE43E75.jpeg
I don’t have space for anything bigger. My workshop is tiny.
CBAD7CAC-AB34-4027-A903-321090E49E76.jpegThats it in all its glory - 8’ x 8’ :)

the little Milwaukee bandsaw is pretty much going to be used instead of a hacksaw… for the small or awkward bits that won’t fit or clamp in the ‘big’ saw. I’m a lazy sod. :D
 
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