What Did You Buy Today?

[Janderso]

I didn’t buy it today but I got the call from HF that it was in. Lots of fun getting it on the ground and into my shop but it’s here.

The Craftsman box is going to work with me.

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John

My neighbor and I unloaded the same tool box from the back of my truck.
It was much heavier than I thought. We both ended up on the deck.
I built the shelving unit to allow for the box.
Getting the box on the shelf was another story in itself. Darn near killed me.

 

[IamNotImportant]

Why not? A vfd and ac motor and the ”electronics” are no longer an issue. Somewhere between $500-1000 will fix it right up with quality components and then you have a very capable unit.

There’s even a thread of two on this board where the conversion was done. I think its practicalmachinist that even has a sub-forum on it.

Wear, however, is a different story…parts can get pretty spendy pretty fast.

back then.. i was not aware of such love as a VFD..

 

[wachuko]

These arrived today…

 

[erikmannie]

My finances are going to change after 2022, so I am culminating a 5 year tool buying spree with 2 more purchases from @matthemuppet2

I sent the money for the big purchase today—$700.00!

It is cutting tools, mostly for a milling machine:





















The 3” endmill is for display purposes only. It looks like I’m going to have to buy a 1” stub arbor for that single angle cutter.

After this big purchase, I am making one more smaller purchase (large carbide endmills) from him before I switch to only buying materials & consumables.

 

[erikmannie]

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My wife has worked to help me buy hopefully enough welding & machine equipment and instruction to last me the rest of my life, but now she is 100% burned out after working in the same career (childcare) for over 35 years. She is going to leave that vocation forever, take some time off & then go back to school at the community college.

Interestingly, my son goes to the same school. I wonder if it would cramp his style at all if he had his Mom in his class.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Traded a bunch of tooling with pontiac428 for this beautiful Pratt Burnerd 6 jaw. It matches my PB 3 jaw set tru

Looks too big from this angle due to the small headstock, but it's a 6" chuck on a SB heavy 9.

Thanks pontiac428!

 

[Firstram]

I love the copious use of aluminum, the finger dimple in the speed knob is pretty swank too!

 

[mattthemuppet2]

yes, I love that chip shield, makes cleaning up way easier. I need to upgrade my cookie trays though.. The speed knob was a dial from some piece of old scientific equipment I dismantled many years ago. I never (well, rarely) throw anything away

 

[ChazzC]

yes, I love that chip shield, makes cleaning up way easier. I need to upgrade my cookie trays though.. The speed knob was a dial from some piece of old scientific equipment I dismantled many years ago. I never (well, rarely) throw anything away

My philosophy is that my survivors can throw stuff away.

 

[BGHansen]

My philosophy is that my survivors can throw stuff away.

Seems like that was my parent's philosophy too. My mom passed away earlier this year, dad passed 3 years ago. I took possession of their home that was built in 1964. Going through papers a few weeks ago, I found and disposed of their tax return from 1964. . . I miss the parents and try to NOT dwell on complaining about cleaning out all of the stuff they left behind. I kept my dad's dog tags from the Marine Corp, but what to do with all of the other "keepsakes"? My brother-in-law had a good comment, "If your mom's high school diploma (or insert countless other items) was so important to her, why was it stuffed in an envelope, packed in a shoe box, and buried under 100 lbs. of other stuff in a closet you can't get into because a sewing cabinet is in front of it". He has a good point, the diplomas and yearbooks all went in the trash.

I'm hoping to NOT do that to our kids! The coolant pump for my Tormach crapped out last year and was replaced. Still had the old, burned out pump in the shop, until last trash day.

Bruce