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The other day I was over at Charley’s shop and was looking at all the tooling he got when he purchased the 13” Southbend lathe. I noticed a rusty, homemade looking tool holder for stand-up threading/grooving inserts. I thought it would come in handy for a large internal treading project I have planned for warm weather if and when it gets here. Having a weakness for tools and not having one like that I made him an offer and he accepted.
Today Charley said he was surprised that I had not posted a gloat because he had looked up the value online and he had sold it dirt cheap. I told him that he had taken advantage of my tool illness and sold me a tool that would not fit my tool holder and now I have to make it fit before I can use it.:rofl: He offered me my money back, I refused. I like the tool but it just adds another project to the list.
The proof it happened picture.
The tool at the left is the one I bought from Charley and the one on the right is for lay-down threading inserts and given to me by a tooling dealer when I bought some other stuff from him. As you may notice the one gotten from Charley cleaned up real nice and was a Carboloy brand, not home-made. Neither of them fit my tool holder, o-well more to do! :thinking:
The orphanage just grew a little.
Benny
The Orphanage Never Closes
Today Charley said he was surprised that I had not posted a gloat because he had looked up the value online and he had sold it dirt cheap. I told him that he had taken advantage of my tool illness and sold me a tool that would not fit my tool holder and now I have to make it fit before I can use it.:rofl: He offered me my money back, I refused. I like the tool but it just adds another project to the list.
The proof it happened picture.
The tool at the left is the one I bought from Charley and the one on the right is for lay-down threading inserts and given to me by a tooling dealer when I bought some other stuff from him. As you may notice the one gotten from Charley cleaned up real nice and was a Carboloy brand, not home-made. Neither of them fit my tool holder, o-well more to do! :thinking:
The orphanage just grew a little.
Benny
The Orphanage Never Closes
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