What Did You Buy Today?

[darkzero]

Why is mine different, and the graduations? Don't mind the oil...

That's the smallest chuck Albrecht makes, 1/16" (1.5mm) capacity. The ones TiKnuler & I have are the second smallest, 1/8" (3mm) capacity. I went with the 1/8" capacity so I could use my carbide PCB drills that have 1/8" shanks.

 

[mikey]

I suppose you need a baby Albrecht with sensitive drilling attachment to drill carburetor jets, yes?

There used to be a guy (OMW tools) who made a sensitive tapping system for really small taps. I had to do a repair for a friend and needed to tap 00-90 holes, which led me to buying sensitive drilling and tapping tools. They worked well and I never busted a tiny tap. Too bad he stopped making those things. Now you have to make it if you want it.

 

[BGHansen]

Had a great Christmas with our kids. Santa left me a few things under the tree. Also picked up some stuff off eBay to fill in the gaps.

Bruce


Santa is getting me an auto-switching control box for my Tormach 1100, currently back ordered from Millfast Products. The Tormach controller has one accessory plug, so the passive probe and electronic tool setter get plugged/unplugged depending on what I'm doing. A minor inconvenience, but what makes it a real pain is the probe and ETS have NO and NC switches. So not only do you have to swap cables, you have to go to a Settings screen to select the appropriate tool. The Millfast adapter lets both the ETS and the Probe be plugged in at the same time, so no more swapping cables and playing with the Settings screen.


Our son got me a set of Dremel tool bits, sanding drums, etc.


Wife got me a spring scale and another block and tackle for the shop. I usually shoot one or two deer a year. This year shot two bucks 20 minutes apart. The shop has two eye bolts in the ceiling, but just one block and tackle. I usually hoist one up with the B&T, then loop a second rope through the eye bolt and tie that off to the deer and a cleat on the wall. Loosen the B&T and move it to the other eye bolt. The second B&T will make things a little easier if I have two hanging. Plus we can check the weight.


Santa also got me a punch holder


My stocking had an Indicol holder for a DTI. I already have one for my Bridgeport and Jet mill, but 15 feet is a bit of a walk . . .


Support bracket and post for a Foredom or Dremel tool grinder.


Optivisor for seeing the splinters I need to dig out of my fingers . . .


My stocking had individual plugs for my Tormach's SMW fixture plate. I have sheet ones that are about 5" x 10", but sometimes have some space between. They sell them in colors or black. Chose the colored ones as they'll be easy to spot on the black fixture plate.


My stocking also had a couple of spiral flute bottoming taps so now I have this style in English sizes from 4-40 to 1/2-13


Wife got me a 4th axis homing kit for my Tormach. I think it's just a Hall-effect pick up like on Tach's guys stick on lathes and mills. This will help for setting up the programmable rotary table.


Santa also brought me a set of ten 1" x 6" soft jaws for the Glacern vises on my Tormach.



5-gallon pail adapter for a shop vac. This goes on the pail and is between the shop vac and suction hose. The idea is the heavy chips and such get dumped in the pail which is a lot quicker to dump than my 16-gallon shop vac



My wife also got me a set of ER32 collets


Daughter got me a pair of Midwest upright aviator snips. I have a similar set that are offset by about a 45. They work much better than standard snips, have an offset that makes them close to a Beverly shear


eBay pick up by me, a bunch of 1/2" Loc Line coolant hoses, valves, nozzles, T's and Y's.


1/4" Loc Line stuff form the same seller.

 

[Titanium Knurler]

That’s quite a haul, you must have been very good last year!

 

[Aukai]

The small drill bits are for air bleeds.

 

[ats1911]

A few items from a local used tool shop. Probably not as cheap as eBay but I can actually look them over.

Had to fill in the 1-2” and 2-3” gaps in the Mitutoyo mics I got from Dave (mmcmdl). The 1-2“ is B&S, a first for me. The telescoping gages are from Japan, no idea of the brand. Not sure what TC is on the parallels.

 

[darkzero]

The telescoping gages are from Japan, no idea of the brand.

They could be Yuasa. Yuasa telescoping gauges were made in Japan & came in a blue pouch.

 

[roadie33]

Had a great Christmas with our kids. Santa left me a few things under the tree. Also picked up some stuff off eBay to fill in the gaps.

Bruce


Santa is getting me an auto-switching control box for my Tormach 1100, currently back ordered from Millfast Products. The Tormach controller has one accessory plug, so the passive probe and electronic tool setter get plugged/unplugged depending on what I'm doing. A minor inconvenience, but what makes it a real pain is the probe and ETS have NO and NC switches. So not only do you have to swap cables, you have to go to a Settings screen to select the appropriate tool. The Millfast adapter lets both the ETS and the Probe be plugged in at the same time, so no more swapping cables and playing with the Settings screen.
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Our son got me a set of Dremel tool bits, sanding drums, etc.
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Wife got me a spring scale and another block and tackle for the shop. I usually shoot one or two deer a year. This year shot two bucks 20 minutes apart. The shop has two eye bolts in the ceiling, but just one block and tackle. I usually hoist one up with the B&T, then loop a second rope through the eye bolt and tie that off to the deer and a cleat on the wall. Loosen the B&T and move it to the other eye bolt. The second B&T will make things a little easier if I have two hanging. Plus we can check the weight.
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Santa also got me a punch holder
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My stocking had an Indicol holder for a DTI. I already have one for my Bridgeport and Jet mill, but 15 feet is a bit of a walk . . .
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Support bracket and post for a Foredom or Dremel tool grinder.
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Optivisor for seeing the splinters I need to dig out of my fingers . . .
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My stocking had individual plugs for my Tormach's SMW fixture plate. I have sheet ones that are about 5" x 10", but sometimes have some space between. They sell them in colors or black. Chose the colored ones as they'll be easy to spot on the black fixture plate.
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My stocking also had a couple of spiral flute bottoming taps so now I have this style in English sizes from 4-40 to 1/2-13
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Wife got me a 4th axis homing kit for my Tormach. I think it's just a Hall-effect pick up like on Tach's guys stick on lathes and mills. This will help for setting up the programmable rotary table.
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Santa also brought me a set of ten 1" x 6" soft jaws for the Glacern vises on my Tormach.
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5-gallon pail adapter for a shop vac. This goes on the pail and is between the shop vac and suction hose. The idea is the heavy chips and such get dumped in the pail which is a lot quicker to dump than my 16-gallon shop vac
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My wife also got me a set of ER32 collets
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Daughter got me a pair of Midwest upright aviator snips. I have a similar set that are offset by about a 45. They work much better than standard snips, have an offset that makes them close to a Beverly shear
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eBay pick up by me, a bunch of 1/2" Loc Line coolant hoses, valves, nozzles, T's and Y's.
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1/4" Loc Line stuff form the same seller.
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That must be a Ginormous stocking to hold all of the goodies. Had to use a lag bolt to hold the stocking too I bet.

 

[BGHansen]

That must be a Ginormous stocking to hold all of the goodies. Had to use a lag bolt to hold the stocking too I bet.

Thanks! Life is great when your wife supports your hobby!

Oops, missed one. Fowler EZ-Read 0-6" interchangeable micrometer set. Just my personal preference; I like the mechanical tumbler style micrometers. I've got 0-3" sets at both lathes, 2 sets at my mills and a 5th set at my workbench. I've never used a mic bigger than 3", so figure these won't get much use. Just couldn't pass up the deals I found on eBay. Both were $100 delivered.

Bruce

 

[Janderso]

I like the old fashioned dial calipers. I’ve tried them all. The Mitutoyo digital are for the finicky parts.
I had these two Brown and Sharpe dial indicators, Swiss made, stainless but they needed a tune up.
I sent them to Indicator Repair Service, 8025 Lawrence Rd., Bethel Park, PA 15102
412-833-1735.
Speak to John.
They did a beautiful job. Smooth and they zero out.