What Did You Buy Today?

What can I say, I had to return that red multimeter and get a Klein390 . Had no choice but to return the one I posted(post#7.769) which was a Kaiweets HT208D.
After reading a few negative reviews , It looks like the battery contacts on some of these meters are kind of loose which leads to blinking screen and /or the unit not powering up at all. mine just would not stay on, tried 3 different sets of new batteries and nothing made it stay on, so within half hour of receiving it, I shipped it back.
Here's the one I should have got in the first place:
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Shop Microscope

I've always wanted a shop microscope to inspect surface finish, lathe tool cutting edges etc. I picked up this one for $50 Canadian.
The images are great but the thing is a bear to use. Soon as you touch it to focus everything goes cattywampus. I intend to build a stand that will hold it more rigidly.



Here is a video review I did.

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Here is a shot of an insert. So that's why my finish is so bad





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Thats the first thing I did with mine. This one is really basic and I’m confident you’ll come up with something g more refined, but it does work and is a lot more stable. Pro Tip: make sure you take off the clear lens cap if yours came with one. Clarity of images is much improved without trying to view through it!

-frank

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Ken from ontario said:
What can I say, I had to return that red multimeter and get a Klein390 . Had no choice but to return the one I posted(post#7.769) which was a Kaiweets HT208D.
After reading a few negative reviews , It looks like the battery contacts on some of these meters are kind of loose which leads to blinking screen and /or the unit not powering up at all. mine just would not stay on, tried 3 different sets of new batteries and nothing made it stay on, so within half hour of receiving it, I shipped it back.
Here's the one I should have got in the first place:
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Does that really do DC amps?
 
rwm said:
Does that really do DC amps?
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Some of the newer multimeters with clamps can measure DC current through the clamp. Unlike the old designs that used a current transformer in the clamp, the newer clamp uses a Hall effect sensor to measure both AC and DC current. It is a pretty neat feature.

Ariel
 
I got this Jet VBS-900 bandsaw home last night, after a bit of a struggle. The seller loaded it on my rental tilt trailer by hanging it from a chain on the forks, using the hook eye on the saw. It hangs perfectly level from the hook, making things easy. I have some 3” web straps and ratchets that are excellent hold downs, and we sat the saw directly on the trailer bed, no pallet, and strapped it down. This worked fine, it rode well, and my hoist was just tall enough to slide its feet under the trailer. Working the saw back on the trailer and modulating the tilt with the adjusting screw, we could lift the saw enough to clear the trailer bed and roll it away. Trouble is then, the saw is too wide to sit down through the legs of the hoist, so I kludged up some supports and lowered the saw on to them and extracted the hoist.

Some surprises were encountered, of course. It was not hooked up as promised, so I had to wait while the seller folks figured a way to get 3 phase. In the meantime I pawed through the grime to get to the motor nameplate…it was a Leeson, but only 1/3 HP. I don’t know the original hp, but today I found and bought a 1.5 hp replacement. Finally the saw powered up, and another surprise, it was quiet, smooth, the Reeves variable speed was perfect, and there is a 4 speed transmission that can be shifted on the fly. The welder seemed dead and the grinder motor shaft was bent, so a price adjust covered that. It can use a new blade, the air pump belt is missing and seems suspicious. Not sure how important that is. Today I made some better supports, raising the table height about 7”. Seems just right now. Those tables are in good shape, I bet they’ll turn out very nicely. Anyway, it’s home now, shop is rearranged, things are good.EA78F2A2-2CA5-4845-BCA7-91F2D1356771.jpeg
 
Winegrower said:
I got this Jet VBS-900 bandsaw home last night, after a bit of a struggle. The seller loaded it on my rental tilt trailer by hanging it from a chain on the forks, using the hook eye on the saw. It hangs perfectly level from the hook, making things easy. I have some 3” web straps and ratchets that are excellent hold downs, and we sat the saw directly on the trailer bed, no pallet, and strapped it down. This worked fine, it rode well, and my hoist was just tall enough to slide its feet under the trailer. Working the saw back on the trailer and modulating the tilt with the adjusting screw, we could lift the saw enough to clear the trailer bed and roll it away. Trouble is then, the saw is too wide to sit down through the legs of the hoist, so I kludged up some supports and lowered the saw on to them and extracted the hoist.

Some surprises were encountered, of course. It was not hooked up as promised, so I had to wait while the seller folks figured a way to get 3 phase. In the meantime I pawed through the grime to get to the motor nameplate…it was a Leeson, but only 1/3 HP. I don’t know the original hp, but today I found and bought a 1.5 hp replacement. Finally the saw powered up, and another surprise, it was quiet, smooth, the Reeves variable speed was perfect, and there is a 4 speed transmission that can be shifted on the fly. The welder seemed dead and the grinder motor shaft was bent, so a price adjust covered that. It can use a new blade, the air pump belt is missing and seems suspicious. Not sure how important that is. Today I made some better supports, raising the table height about 7”. Seems just right now. Those tables are in good shape, I bet they’ll turn out very nicely. Anyway, it’s home now, shop is rearranged, things are good.View attachment 395737
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That is a really sweet looking unit. Congrats
 
get that air pump working. You'll be glad you have it working. if it doesn't work, take it apart and work on it.

why did it only have a 1/3 hp motor? did they change it out? seems totally useless for a saw that size.

edit: seems like it had a 2hp motor originally.
 
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