What Did You Buy Today?

[ChazzC]

. . . soon after it got into the steel, the end mill got hung up and the end mill did not rotate while the motor was running for the short time it took me to turn off the drum switch for the motor.

Suggest that you add a E-Stop so you can power off more quickly: not only possibly save your mill & tooling but also prevent (or minimize) injury.

 

[7milesup]

Bought these on auction. The left one is .061 to .250 in .001 increments. Missing .078 & .157. Second one is .251 to .500 in .001 increments. Missing the .411 gage.
The gage blocks are Fowler economy grade, 81 block set. Missing the .110 block but I already have a set so meh.
$110 for all 3.

 

[Dhal22]

Bought these on auction. The left one is .061 to .250 in .001 increments. Missing .078 & .157. Second one is .251 to .500 in .001 increments. Missing the .411 gage.
The gage blocks are Fowler economy grade, 81 block set. Missing the .110 block but I already have a set so meh.
$110 for all 3.

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Wonder which one you will need first.............

 

[7milesup]

Wonder which one you will need first.............

I just looked up the prices of those sets on Travers Tool website. $950 for those three items. I'm happy even though I'm missing a few pieces.

 

[erikmannie]

New, open box presumably HSS Swedish 6 flute 1-1/2” shank square end mill. $38.23 including tax & delivery.

It looks like one of the corners has a chip in it. I anticipate the need to clean up the surface rust on the shank for it to fit in the end mill holder. 1-1/2” shank end mills are so much harder to find than 1-1/4” shank.

 

[pontiac428]

I like these ground clamps best. Makes it easy to find a spot when working on vehicle chassis and has a larger capacity than the stamped ones. Gotta love the bay sometimes, these were $15 apiece!

 

[great white]

DC motor speed control. Was cheap enough, so I grabbed it as a spare or maybe for a future project....

 

[DAM 79]

Gantry crane came in. I really wanted to build my own, but after I got the quotes for the steel from my supplier it was way cheaper to buy one than build one. That is pretty sad really.
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Congratulations Can’t wait to see it in action they are super handy and wish I had the room for one !!

 

[NCjeeper]

Here it is assembled. I also cross posted this in the POTD thread.

 

[7milesup]

I bought this Kurt vise at the same auction that I purchased the gage pins and blocks. It looked awesome, but when I got it home and moved the jaw, it turns out there is some pitting underneath. It does not seem to affect the operation of the vise at all, but it kinda sucks that it is there.
Considering that I paid an all-up price of $225 for it, I believe it was still a good deal.