What Did You Buy Today?

[WobblyHand]

Got a couple of items in the past couple of days. A MT4 dead center, an MT3 live center, and MT2 to MT3 adapter, and a MT3 to JT33 adapter all for my new to me G0752Z 10x22. Also received (but was delivered to my neighbor's house?) a KPE-LE02 VFD front panel.

Ignore the home made steel tuning fork on the left. I put it on the desk to prevent the tools from rolling. 8096 Hz, but it doesn't ring long enough. There's an art to making high Q forks. I haven't learned that art yet. So it's just desk clutter now. At least I got it on frequency.

Control panel for the G0752Z VFD. Bought it direct from Delta. $23.15 with shipping. Much cheaper than Amazon or eBay. My lathe VFD appears to be unlocked. At some point will try to add an e-Brake.

Edit: this just came in.

Much nicer than the one I returned. Bearings are a lot better, too.

 

[682bear]

I bought a 3 ton chain hoist from Tractor Supply...



Then I decided I needed something to test it with so yesterday I picked this up...









...just to test the chain hoist, of course...

-Bear

 

[francist]

Oh that'll keep you busy for a while...!!

-f

 

[Janderso]

I bought a 3 ton chain hoist from Tractor Supply...

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Then I decided I needed something to test it with so yesterday I picked this up...

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...just to test the chain hoist, of course...

-Bear

Ah, 6,000# probably won’t be enough
Looks like 4,700 pounds minimum. With a vise and fluid your over 5,000#. Vintage machinery has a catalog on it. I really like that shaper!

Your sucking pretty bad here.

 

[BladesIIB]

Purchased a small bench top blast cabinet from Cyclone Manufacturing. The cabinet is great but the gun was not working at first. They helped me with some troubleshooting and ultimately sent me a new gun. Works great now. Check out the video if you want to see the full review.

 

[woodchucker]

@BladesIIB good review... a little pricey for a benchtop unit. But it seems really functional as the gun is minute, and you say there's no blinding cloud..
what final pressure did you settle on?

 

[BladesIIB]

@BladesIIB good review... a little pricey for a benchtop unit. But it seems really functional as the gun is minute, and you say there's no blinding cloud..
what final pressure did you settle on?

Thanks, agree, not the least expensive out there. The others all seemed to have up and down reviews so went with a US company on this one. Seems to be running fine at 90PSI and that is where my compressor is rated at 3CFM so no trouble keeping up.

 

[woodchucker]

Thanks, agree, not the least expensive out there. The others all seemed to have up and down reviews so went with a US company on this one. Seems to be running fine at 90PSI and that is where my compressor is rated at 3CFM so no trouble keeping up.

I looked for new nozzles for your gun, I don't see them. do they sell replacements? Nozzles are a consumable in sandblasting. I am intrigued by the low cfm, and small footprint. I am out of space in my shop, and my compressor is only 30gal.. so it might wind up being an option...
I didn't like the hollow legs, but like you said it can be potted.

 

[BladesIIB]

I looked for new nozzles for your gun, I don't see them. do they sell replacements? Nozzles are a consumable in sandblasting. I am intrigued by the low cfm, and small footprint. I am out of space in my shop, and my compressor is only 30gal.. so it might wind up being an option...
I didn't like the hollow legs, but like you said it can be potted.

I just looked as well and only see the 5cfm nozzle listed. They sent a parts list with the unit set assume the would have them? Maybe just not updated on the site. Parts list attached.

 

[pontiac428]

I operate along the lines where scrap metal + lathe = replacement nozzles. Would also apply in situations where the desired nozzle isn't available.