What Did You Buy Today?

A machinist's level. 20cm long, 0.35mm/m made by LTF. Part no. 419.02.

LTF I believe to be an italian company.

The level has seen better times but at 30€ I'm not complaining.

The base is a bit scratched, but I tried to stone it and was surprised that I could not find any burrs or nicks.

It will make a nice pair with my Heinrich Erb 30cm, 0.02mm/m.
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I pooched my last 3/8” end mill on Sunday night so quickly ordered 5 more from KBC. They shipped out of Delta so were here on my doorstep when I got home from work today. :)

As I came up the steps I was thinking ‘“gee, that’s a pretty big envelope for five end mills...” and then when I picked it up and it weighed about five pounds I started to wonder what SIZE end mills I actually ordered...? :oops:

Turns out my order was fine and unbeknownst to me they had included a free copy of their latest Book of Temptations as well as a handy drill size / decimal conversion chart. Thanks KBC! :encourage:

-frank

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Finally got me a VIS level to replace my China one. I had passed on a number of them over the yrs, glad I did cause this one was pretty much brand new, not one scratch on it, won it for only $85 with shipping all the way from Canada.

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Got a Rennsteig center punch. I recommended one to Ken as a possible good buy although I never owned one myself, you know, to help others spend their money. That backfired on me & I ended up buying one for myself. :D

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Wanted a coin slot screwdriver but didn't want to pay the money for a PB Swiss one. Got one made by Anex Japan. They also had what they call a faucet driver, 18mm wide slot so I picked up that one too. These are 1/4" drives so I can use them will a drill but I picked up mini handles by Anex for them to use by hand.
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I love Olfa products & have been using snap blade utility knives a lot more recently. Picked up another one of their comfort grip models (Japan market only for the grey) & another one of their new aluminum handle model.
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Got me a can of Xylene. What's so special about that you say? Well here in CA they banned pretty much all the strong solvents yrs ago, can't buy paint thinner, mineral spirits, naphtha, MEK, toulene, etc anymore. Just acetone & laquer thinner. Everything else is a substitue which don't work nearly as well & evaporates fast. Not to mention that everything causes cancer in CA (yeah yeah, I know, lets not get into all the reasons why CA sucks). :D

I just found out that they have added 99% isopropyl & denatured alcohol to that list too! I tried to purchase another 5 gallon jug from Zoro last week but they will no longer ship it to me. Even went to my local MSC cause I remember them having it in store & had my sales guy check their system, same thing, shipping restriction, they can no longer sell it in CA. But that's ok, more on that later. ;)

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Hah! Surface plate is on my list for next month I think -- 12 x 18 -- this month I think the rotary table will win out! My little plate is just too, well, little.

-f
 
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