What Did You Buy Today?

[mikey]

Wait ... what? PM sends you stuff for free, now Edge Technologies is doing it, too. Come on, Will, you gotta' share your secret with us - how are you doing this?

 

[Ulma Doctor]

nice score Will!!!
btw,
you suck!!!

 

[darkzero]

Wait ... what? PM sends you stuff for free, now Edge Technologies is doing it, too. Come on, Will, you gotta' share your secret with us - how are you doing this?

Haha, I don't know? Stuff like this never happens to me! I'm in shock & of course really happy! This wasn't like a raffle or anything like that but it feels like I won something, I never win anything!

 

[mikey]

Haha, I don't know? Stuff like this never happens to me! I'm in shock & of course really happy! This wasn't like a raffle or anything like that but it feels like I won something, I never win anything!

Hmmm ... all evidence to the contrary! Happy for you in any case, Will!

 

[hman]

I bought a Harbor Freight (called "Windsor Design") wooden machinists tool box.
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The front panel doesn't release by opening the lid with the Harbor Freight like it does on the Gerstner. You have to engage the key to open that panel.
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If you do purchase one, please be aware that you will be doing some additional work to get it where you want it.

I have a couple of these and agree that they ain't the Cadillac of boxes. More like an old Chevy.

Here's what I did to a used one I bought recently. First off, I removed the cheesy locks (that required TWO different keys.) Then I drilled down along the centerline of the front face of the tray - something like ⅜" diameter nearly through, then about 3/16" thru the face and into the edge of the drop panel. Added a circlip to a 5/32" rod, dropped a spring down the hole, stuck in the rod, and voila - a front panel latch operated by the lid.

The hole where the panel lock used to be is now a finger pull.

 

[Billh51]

Got this for Christmas. Got tired of the benchtop one and decided to get one that would last a while. Just got it wired up tonight and adjusted the outfeed table.
8 x 76 Spiral cutter head, paralellogram beds, 220v 3 HP motor.
It is so easy to run a board through, the Cuts are perfect and smooth.

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I have several professional grade woodworking machines from Grizzly and I am well satisfied, owned them for about 12 years and no problems. That’s a beautiful jointer you have, I’ve heard the spiral cutter heads do a great job, build something cool.

 

[darkzero]

Got me some new more expensive drifts. I've been using inexpensive TTC ones I got from the local Travers. They worked perfectly fine but for the Jacobs MT3 extension I use somewhat often I always had to use the MT3 drift stacked with the MT1 drift cause it wasn't wide enough. I don't have any MT4 stuff, bought a MT4 drift hoping that would work but it's too thick for the slot.

These drifts are either made by LFA/Reichel (France drill chuck mfg) or Llambrich (Spain drill chuck mfg), I'm thinking LFA judging by the searches I did online. I bought the Llambrich ones cause they're a few bucks less. Each drift is longer in length & wider than normal drifts so they cover two sizes. I tried the 3-4 drift & it works with my MT3 ext without needing a second drift. So I decided to buy the other 2 smaller ones to make them my new set. Gonna sell my old ones.

 

[MrWhoopee]

It's the little things....

I used to have a 3 in. (I believe) double square, which I found incredibly useful for small weldments and other typical machine work. Much more useful than the usual 12 in. combination square. Somehow it grew legs, which I would expect from flashier and more valuable tools. It's been bothering me for way too long, so I finally ordered one. Couldn't find a 3 in., had to settle for 4.

 

[Stonebriar]

Will thanks, added to my list of tools to buy. And thanks for doing the research for me...

 

[francist]

Couple of new wheels this week: A ceramic alumina in 80-grit, and a pink aluminum oxide cup wheel in 60-grit. Still working on a couple hubs for the grinder but so far so good.



Oh and one more, a 6” x 3/8” ruby aluminum oxide from a buddy.



-frank