Won lots of tools from auction (and a lathe)!

[DoubleHelix]

I've been looking for a lathe for a while. Really wanted something without change gears since I do a lot of metric and inch threading. Ended up with a Standard Modern 13x40 from a local auction instead. Only does Imperial threading so I will be building an electric lead screw following Clough42 designs on youtube.

I got an ecoa pry bar a year ago in preparation for when I bought a lathe/mill so it came in real handy for the move. I rented a drop deck trailer to make life easier too. I had 6 pieces of 1" pipe that I rolled the lathe on after lifting it with the pry bar. Getting it up the small incline of the trailer was a bit of a pain. Eventually I just dropped the front end of the lathe onto two sheets of plywood (smooth sides facing eachother) and I was able to just push it the last couple feet with only the rear on pipe.

Definitely need to get a nice winch to make it even easier. I had a harbor freight crap one that kinda helped but was really frustrating to use.

 

[DoubleHelix]

Here is the Metrology equipment I got:

Mitutoyo Height Master. When I picked up all the tools the owner was surprised someone as young as me knew how to use a height master. Dial bore gages, height gages, etalon height gage (missing glass cover but works well), and a master level.



I got this odd measuring tool. Rotating the micrometer moves the two needle points. Anyone know what this is used for?

 

[DoubleHelix]

Here is all the tool holders I got:
I few 1" insert tool holders, random box of drill bits, lots of small drill chucks and live centers, some massive drills and spade drill. I will never use this spade drill but thought it was pretty dang cool and it was really cheap. Lots of worn inserts that I was going to use to practice making my own brazed inserts with.



Interesting find Jarvis taping head. Excited to get this mounted in my drill press and test it out:

 

[Martin W]

Nice lathe! Great bunch of tooling. I especially like the big spade drill ,
Cheers
Martin

 

[mattthemuppet2]

congrats on the haul. Have to say it - you either have REALLY small hands or thats a really big drill

 

[markba633csi]

I like those Standard Moderns. Great haul!
-Mark

 

[Z2V]

That’s a great haul you made there. Really like the lathe.

You refer to your ecoa pry bar, we call them a “ mule” in the industry I retired from. You can move the world with those things. I have one that I’ve had for 40 yrs, still in great shape.

Congrats on a great haul

 

[extropic]

@DoubleHelix

Lots of new (to you) toys there. Congratulations.

The micrometer adjusted piece you asked about is for simultaneously dressing/thinning both sides of a grinding wheel on a surface grinder.
The theory is that doing both sides simultaneously is less likely to break the wheel than pushing on one side at a time.
If you take a closer look at the two "needle points" I think you'll find that they are diamond nibs.
If you don't want it (haha) send me a message with a fair price.

 

[DoubleHelix]

Nice lathe! Great bunch of tooling. I especially like the big spade drill ,
Cheers
Martin

Thanks! Hopefully I can find someone that can put the spade to use.

congrats on the haul. Have to say it - you either have REALLY small hands or thats a really big drill

I assure you its a big spade drill lol

That’s a great haul you made there. Really like the lathe.

You refer to your ecoa pry bar, we call them a “ mule” in the industry I retired from. You can move the world with those things. I have one that I’ve had for 40 yrs, still in great shape.

Congrats on a great haul

The "mule" is awesome, took it into work to move a new lathe into place and helped the business next door move a large DoAll bandsaw. Definitely sticks out in my little garage lol

@DoubleHelix

Lots of new (to you) toys there. Congratulations.

The micrometer adjusted piece you asked about is for simultaneously dressing/thinning both sides of a grinding wheel on a surface grinder.
The theory is that doing both sides simultaneously is less likely to break the wheel than pushing on one side at a time.
If you take a closer look at the two "needle points" I think you'll find that they are diamond nibs.
If you don't want it (haha) send me a message with a fair price.

I cant believe I missed that the "points" were diamond dressers. I made my own singe point diamond dressing holder years ago for the bench grinder. Dressing both sides makes sense. I do hope someday to have a small surface grinder so maybe I'll hold onto it.

Searched a little bit and still wasnt able to find info on it. Do you know of any literature on this technique?

 

[extropic]

I don't know of any literature.