What Did You Buy Today?

I love those things, almost to the point of addiction/ compulsion :) I bought 3 similar to that a couple of years ago for $5 and then sold the contents (GE arc light spotlight spare parts) on eBay for ~$500. They now have all of my miscellaneous screws in one, metric in another and SAE in the third.
 
Logan 400 said:
I have several of these that I have bought from $7.00 to $50.00 each. I came across this one at a yard sale for $2.00. I'm going to clean it up, paint it and use it for my taps and dies.
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Nice score. Those are a find and much better than the all plastic new ones. It’s funny how the memory plays tricks. I thought the one I picked at an estate sales exactly the same, but upon taking a look it doesn’t have as many drawers and not as nice of shape. Guess the old guy did boat repair as it had all kinds of hardware, but so far nothing I use, oh well.
 
The space under my mill/drill has turned into where all my different tool boxes and an old military card file turned odds and ends storage is. I found a really nice multi section slide on the curb on junk day. And I think I’m going to have to use it to mount this storage on it to slide it sideways into the space I have left.
 

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My digital tachometer kit came in. Now I have to figure out some clever way to mount this on a mini-lathe. It's pretty much the same kit everyone uses. Mine has a green display.

Also received a set of 5 MT2 drills in various sizes. Really bought it just to get the larger sizes of 7/8' and 1". To make these fit a mini-lathe tailstock, I have to grind off the tangs. For the price I paid, I don't feel bad about grinding them.
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WobblyHand said:
$29.50 for the 5 of them. Yours were a better deal! Import HSS. 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8 & 1". Hope the twist won't unravel! I had a Chinese corkscrew unwind on me in a cork.
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Not joking about the corkscrew. I bought this while in China in 2007. First use, in the desert, far away from anywhere, on a bottle of wine netted me this and an unopened bottle of wine. I was so astonished, I saved this corkscrew and brought it home. Had to use the knife blade to cut out the cork. Cork everywhere, including in the wine.
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Edit: reason, change date to 2007. Add photo of dunes and corkscrew in cork.
 
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