What Did You Buy Today?

[hman]

Which alternatives to a Kurt would you buy?

A couple years ago I bought a Tegara vise from Shars. See post #7 at:

Kurt vs. Glacern vs. Homge

I'll be purchasing a new vise in the future for my PM835S. Haven't decided between a 5" or 6" yet. I'm thinking the 6" might be a little too big for my mill, but then again, I haven't received my mill just yet. Is it worth paying a very large premium for Kurt vises? I hear good things about...

www.hobby-machinist.com

It's worked out very well for me.

 

[NCjeeper]

I have a Bison vise on one of my mills. I bought it for Enco back in the 2000’s.

 

[Gaffer]

Have been considering the GMT, for the 833tv, 5 inch or 6? You know that they say that bigger is better, but there can be too much of a good thing

I'm not familiar with your mill. The PM website shows both 4 & 5" vises if I'm reading it correctly. 1" size increases in machining vises make for substantial differences, so choose carefully. Others with more familiarity with your mill, or PM, can guide you better. Best of luck!

 

[Aukai]

This is a 4" vs 6" on a 9" table. I left the pictures full size so it's easier to see.

 

[buffdan]

Off Facebook. $200 Like new

 

[Aukai]

This will be my new addition, I'm selling the 1340GT. I got the 2nd to last one before the Nov. price increase. My total wait time up till now was 3 weeks including the installation of accessories, and now another week or so to ship it here.

 

[great white]

Bought a few weeks ago and showed up today:


6” rotary table. Glad I didn’t go bigger as this one will just fit the table nicely. Without the vice installed that is…

 

[IamNotImportant]

that's something else i will need to get, a rotary table

 

[GoceKU]

Recently i've been switching all the cars to winter tires. But doing some upgrades as well, one of them is getting better centre caps. Peugeot recently changed its logo so i got them in black and silver and got an oem set for the rims that i'm running on the 607.

 

[ttabbal]

Bought a few weeks ago and showed up today:

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6” rotary table. Glad I didn’t go bigger as this one will just fit the table nicely. Without the vice installed that is…

It's probably not as precise, but my little rotary fits in my DX6. I ran an indicator over the table and it was within 2 thou. Good enough for the simpler stuff. If I were to do something that needs real precision or heavy cuts, I would mount it to the table directly. Of course, "heavy cuts" on a 6" RT is likely not all that heavy in the grand scheme of things.