Post up your latest new or used tool purchases

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I used mine last week to bring 8 Milwaukee 18v batteries back to life. They were brand new but sat on the shelf for the pat 2+ years and none would charge on the standard charger but could give them a little boost with the power supply to get them some voltage and then throw them on the charger and they'd be fine. Still have 1 M12 that I haven't been able to revive.


Other than that, it's hand to have a infinitely adjustable power source on the bench for random electronic projects. Sometimes I need 5v, sometimes I need 18v and it's all there with the turn of a knob.
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I'm one for one, saved the Milwaukee but the Rigid never came back around. It's already paid for itself, considering a single 2.0 AH M12 battery is about $15 more than what I spent on the power supply. :smokin:

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I need to do that to a couple. I was running a motorcycle ignition off one for temp power and let it get just a little too low. Almost new 6.0.
 
I will be rebuilding some at work tomorrow if all goes well.

Samsung 18650-30Q to replace the 15M. 15M is what they used in the 1.5 and 3AH and the 30Q is what they used in the 2 and 5AH batteries.

Should be fun if I didn't **** up one of the circuit boards.
 
Finally broke my HF press plates
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Talk about junk metal, when it cracked it made this dull thud and just fell apart
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Thankfully nothing went flying and nobody got hurt. So i upgraded with a set from Swag Offroad

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These things are BEEF
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I think these will do the job nicely :smokin:
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reptillikus said:
Finally broke my HF press plates
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Talk about junk metal, when it cracked it made this dull thud and just fell apart
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I thought everyone scrapped those things years ago when they were exploding. The new ones come with real (chinese) steel plates now.


People were getting really ****ed up by those things.
 
bgaidan said:
I thought everyone scrapped those things years ago when they were exploding. The new ones come with real (chinese) steel plates now.


People were getting really ****ed up by those things.
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So ive heard/read. It was like playing russian roulette every time i used them. But i usually used them with other plates or tubes stacked on top, probably why i didnt break one until now (they lasted maybe 15 years???). Either way, theyre on the scrap pile now.
 
Bought this over the summer, early 1940s kalamazoo horizontal band saw. Guy I bought if from rebuilt the gearbox with new bearings and new gears. I only had to get a blade and true up the rollers. Its like within a 1/16" of perfectly square cutting 2x6x.188 standing up. Probably could get it closer but its good enough for me.

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Scored this on Govdeals last night. $562.50 out the door. :smokin:

Someone asked the voltage early on and they answered that it was 460v. Then they came back a couple days ago and said is was 230/460 and posted a pic of the motor plate showing that. Guessing the initial answer scared most people away and they didn't see the revision. Plus 3 phase stuff seems to scare most un-knowers away. :laughing:
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Not sure if I'm going to keep it or just flip it. Might be handy for a few projects I have in mind, but also gonna take up some real estate that I don't really have to spare at the moment.
 
bgaidan said:
Scored this on Govdeals last night. $562.50 out the door. :smokin:

Someone asked the voltage early on and they answered that it was 460v. Then they came back a couple days ago and said is was 230/460 and posted a pic of the motor plate showing that. Guessing the initial answer scared most people away and they didn't see the revision. Plus 3 phase stuff seems to scare most un-knowers away. :laughing:
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Not sure if I'm going to keep it or just flip it. Might be handy for a few projects I have in mind, but also gonna take up some real estate that I don't really have to spare at the moment.
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Mechanical ironworkers are awesome. It's crazy how much more productive they are at the expense of safety. :smokin:

Count fingers before and after use!
 
Picked up the iron worker this afternoon. It's a heavy bitch, but not as big of a footprint as I expected it to be. Think I can stick it next to my fab table if I get rid of the two drill presses that I haven't used in 4+ years. :shaking:

Came with about a dozen punches and dies. 4 square and the rest round. Was hoping there would be a 1/2" square one to go with the huge pile of 1/2" square stock I bought a couple weeks ago, but no luck. Gonna have to dig in to the punch sizes and see what these cross reference to. I found a couple companies that still offer them for about $60/set. Not too bad.

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The coping shear is a little chowdered. Looks like it can be flipped and I can probably grind it back to sharp. Good excuse to get my surface grinder set up.
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The angle and tee shear look good
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And the finger amputaters also look good
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I gotta dig in to the motor and see how it's wired. The guy said it was wired for 460v, but I have my doubts. If it is, I'll need to get new heaters for the starter and rewire the motor for 220. Or I might just put a VFD on it and bypass the starter and controls. It'd be easier to wire it off single phase and a VFD where I'm going to put it vs dragging out a drop cord from the rotary on the opposite side of the shop.
 
Dethmachinefab said:
Mechanical ironworkers are awesome. It's crazy how much more productive they are at the expense of safety. :smokin:

Count fingers before and after use!
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Funny thing is I regretted not buying the one at the welding shop auction a couple weeks ago. It was older, but not nearly as old as this one and sold for under $1k with a bunch of tooling.
 
It'd be easier to wire it off single phase and a VFD where I'm going to put it vs dragging out a drop cord from the rotary on the opposite side of the shop.
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get outta here poor :flipoff2: (was that you or texas97 I forget already)

only gotta drag one strand of wire over, the other two just pass through the phase converter so just grab them off whatever 220v outlet
 
There's a flywheel ironworker similar to that just down the road from me, if anybody is looking for one in the PacNW. Based on what I paid for my mill and lathe from the same guy, $500 would probably take it home.
 
Dethmachinefab said:
Clevelandpunch.com

Good folk who still support older machines.
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I've had good luck with them on larger tooling. I also have dealt with American Punch and Die. They made me some custom and very nice Uni-Punch tooling with pilot points and it was reasonable and done quick. Granted that was right before the world got more expensive.

Ironworker Punches and Dies - Standard Size Tooling

American Punch Company inventories ironworker punches and dies that ship the day of the order. Non-stock punches and dies ship within one or two days
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My latest acquisition is like most of my machine purchases, it needs some parts and some love.

Rockwell Delta Pedestal Sander - local guy started restoring it, found out it needs a set of upper bearings and the spanner retainer nut was broken and threads are gnarled so he reached out for machine work. Instead I ended up just buying it cheap and will finish fixing it. Missing one top cover but thats it. Came with a pile of various belts as well.

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Purchased a lot of body hammers today. One USA Bluepoint in the mix, seems it’s worth what I paid for the lot of them looking on eBay. I needed a flat faced hammer for some bodywork forming I’m planning.

What is this thing? I impulsively bought it. I’ll show off the lot after I polish the faces
 

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Picked up a larger size NOS Micro-Stop. I have a smaller one for doing aircraft rivet work but snagged this larger one. Actually from the same seller on FB Marketplace but he has them on the flea-bay as well. No bits, but they appear abundant as well.

These are great for setting the depth on countersunk or counterbored holes. Every hole to the exact depth, with a hand drill.

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SCHRILLO 6300 LARGE MICROSTOP COUNTERSINK 3/8-24-THD Aircraft Tool NOS | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SCHRILLO 6300 LARGE MICROSTOP COUNTERSINK 3/8-24-THD Aircraft Tool NOS at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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[memphis] said:
Purchased a lot of body hammers today. One USA Bluepoint in the mix, seems it’s worth what I paid for the lot of them looking on eBay. I needed a flat faced hammer for some bodywork forming I’m planning.

What is this thing? I impulsively bought it. I’ll show off the lot after I polish the faces
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I'm going to guess the "S-P" is Sealey Panel and it is a bumping hammer.
 
PAToyota said:
I'm going to guess the "S-P" is Sealey Panel and it is a bumping hammer.
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Reddit kicked back this company but I don’t know if it’s right:

05620000 - Panel Beater Light Bumping - Crowned Face

High quality alloy steel heads with hardened striking surfaces Fine quality octagonal wooden shafts fitted as standard Wood and steel wedged handles ensure maximum head retention with improved safety The heads have a tapered centre allowing the shaft to expand into the head & are secured with a...
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I’ll check Sealy out!
 
The hammer on the bottom is my very first body hammer that didn’t come with the lot. Because I now have the Bluepoint BF-603 I won’t need that off brand one.

The top hammer I wanted because the head is flat, definitely offshore. No markings.

Next is the S-P 535

Next assuming offshore as well, relatively flat face and it has the wedge on the other side which I didn’t have
 

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PAToyota said:
Sykes is another possibility. I hadn't thought of that.
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Looking at some of the ebay markings… I think Reddit nailed it. I just haven’t found this exact hammer anywhere. It’s a really nice cast head

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SYKES-PICKAVANT S-P560 BODY WORK HAMMER MADE IN ENGLAND | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SYKES-PICKAVANT S-P560 BODY WORK HAMMER MADE IN ENGLAND at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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Squeeze to open tweezers! I'm not sure I knew these things existed. Add ceramic heat resistant tips. :smokin: Where have these been all my life? Hold crap that needs soldered where you want it!

These are the ones I got, out of stock at the moment: Amazon.com
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I'm sure we've all got the alligator clip "helping hands," they're fine, but I was trying to find something to hold stuff down while I blew a fine tip hot air solder gun at it. I wound up using those ceramic tip tweezers and some tape to hold them where I wanted for little bitty SMD components I needed to solder onto a PCB.

For stuff a little bigger, like a through hole electrolytic capacitor, this weighted, articulating, squeeze to open tweezers is better than any helping hands I've ever used.

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While I was on my squeeze to open tweezers discovery, I got these too. Already been holding little screws in hard to reach spots with them.
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Lee said:
Squeeze to open tweezers! I'm not sure I knew these things existed. Add ceramic heat resistant tips. :smokin: Where have these been all my life? Hold crap that needs soldered where you want it!

These are the ones I got, out of stock at the moment: Amazon.com


I'm sure we've all got the alligator clip "helping hands," they're fine, but I was trying to find something to hold stuff down while I blew a fine tip hot air solder gun at it. I wound up using those ceramic tip tweezers and some tape to hold them where I wanted for little bitty SMD components I needed to solder onto a PCB.

For stuff a little bigger, like a through hole electrolytic capacitor, this weighted, articulating, squeeze to open tweezers is better than any helping hands I've ever used.

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I will order a couple of those helping hands. Been needing something like that for years.

Todays Ebay score. After moving a couple machines with my amazon skates, I swore I would never use them again without improvements. Found a set of Hillmans for $450 and hit the easy button.

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