2017 - The Original "What Did You Buy Today?" Mega Thread

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A stop at a yard sale, landed two more tools to my collection. First is a 1/2" female craftsman BE ratchet (with adapter). The second is a 1/4' Husky CM43 (from the 30's I think, but definitely marked made in the USA). Set me back a grand total of $3.craftsmanfemale.jpg craftsmanfemale2.jpg huskeyusa.jpg
 
Finally opened and cleaned up a 6" Dividing Head that I bought from Matt/QMT.

Also received a clamping set for the Ellis drill press from Griz.

Pleasantly surprised by both.
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darkzero said:
How is the quality? I've been wanting to get one.
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It's okay - I am looking forward to checking the runout. It looks like I may be able to Tru it a bit since the chuck is mounted to the mounting plate with some big allen screws. I should be able to loosen them and dial it in a bit.

I spent about 3 hours cleaning it up, tuning it a bit, and deburring it this afternoon. It definitely shows its Chinese heritage but I get the sense it will be serviceable. Matt treated me right on the cost and I had it shipped with the PM935 that I bought recently. I think it will add a lot to the capability of the mill if the runout is acceptable.

The sucker is heavy enough to herniate you when you move it.
 
Alan H said:
It's okay - I am looking forward to checking the runout. It looks like I may be able to Tru it a bit since the chuck is mounted to the mounting plate with some big allen screws. I should be able to loosen them and dial it in a bit.

I spent about 3 hours cleaning it up, tuning it a bit, and deburring it this afternoon. It definitely shows its Chinese heritage but I get the sense it will be serviceable. Matt treated me right on the cost and I had it shipped with the PM935 that I bought recently. I think it will add a lot to the capability of the mill if the runout is acceptable.

The sucker is heavy enough to herniate you when you move it.
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Thanks Alan, cleaning, deburring, & tuning is expected for me, I do it automatically on any China tooling I get. I don't mind that. As long as it's able to be somewhat decent after doing so is good enough for me.

Do you know roughly how much it weighs with the chuck? I have a 6.5" super spacer that weighs 85lbs. I hate lugging that thing around but I love using it. I just hope the dividing won't be any heavier than that.
 
darkzero said:
Thanks Alan, cleaning, deburring, & tuning is expected for me, I do it automatically on any China tooling I get. I don't mind that. As long as it's able to be somewhat decent after doing so is good enough for me.

Do you know roughly how much it weighs with the chuck? I have a 6.5" super spacer that weighs 85lbs. I hate lugging that thing around but I love using it. I just hope the dividing won't be any heavier than that.
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I think it all weighs 75 lbs. So the head itself is likely 60 to 65 lbs.
 
Got me a 4" bull nose center that I need for a project. This is the second center I have from Z Live Center. Got it from Amazon for much cheaper than direct from Z Live Center.


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