Today I acquired...........

[angellonewolf]

But were is this mythical shop?

cant say you never been there its been there for 30 years wot not westerleigh

though i will say sometimes i wish i never walked in there

 

[Blake's 7]

A good start to the week.

Firstly, A Dewalt DW700 chopsaw. Needs a new blade, but apart from that it's working perfectly.



Later on in the day I got my hands on this lot - Electrical conduit, scaffold tube and two screw mechanisms from an automated gate.
I didn't get a chance to take the housings apart, but maybe each of the screws could be re-used in some sort of large clamp or incorporated into a workbench???

 

[Maker]

A acquired a new multimeter, a Fluke 87V, the one I've lusted after for ages.

Unfortunately, the one I bid on didn't have a big black splodge in the corner of the display or a cracked probe.

 

[Cobbler]

cant say you never been there its been there for 30 years wot not westerleigh

though i will say sometimes i wish i never walked in there

I’ve been in Wot Not on occasions, can’t recall buying anything though.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

AHHH.
Not only did I find a decent Gasket place.
The TYA Liberation force struck again.



£2 Pop Riveter, to replace the one I broke over the weekend.



Block of hard furniture wax, nice dark colour and few other bits.
The wax is for the next item.



Nice, but in dire need of TLC. Housing plane.



Classic Porcelain connections, a full box.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I also got this.
£5.

I didn't need a mask.



Lamps Signal Office (WB 3312)

I have nor seen one before, nor did a quick WWW search show much information.
I wonder if it is American armed forces, by the colour of the body paint.



The battery is a
Accumulator dry p/v 20
ZB 11277.



I think I have a project.

 

[WorkshopChris]

Firstly, A Dewalt DW700 chopsaw. Needs a new blade, but apart from that it's working perfectly.

Those Dewalt 7 series saws are fantastic we use then in a production environment, they are bulletproof apart from a soft plastic component in the guard release, a simple mod soon sorts that. They get uses all day non stop some days cutting thousands of parts and just keep going.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Those Dewalt 7 series saws are fantastic we use then in a production environment, they are bulletproof apart from a soft plastic component in the guard release, a simple mod soon sorts that. They get uses all day non stop some days cutting thousands of parts and just keep going.

I hate them.
Takes far too much effort to squeese the guard release before plunging.
Doesn't help I have tendonitis but gets tiring to use all day

Was very close to pulling the trigger on a 300mm flexvolt before the country fell to pieces

 

[WorkshopChris]

I hate them.
Takes far too much effort to squeese the guard release before plunging.
Doesn't help I have tendonitis but gets tiring to use all day

I can't find parts drawing at the moment, we keep tension on part with a length of copper wire. Pull the trigger to operate the motor with no additional resistance and the guard still raises and lowers as normal.
Unmodified yes they are hard work on the trigger. Off the top of my head, it's a short length of black nylon that operated as a fulcrum and it's so soft it wears macking it hard to squeeze.
We used to replace them every few months until we found a workaround.

 

[WorkshopChris]

Was very close to pulling the trigger on a 300mm flexvolt before the country fell to pieces

Wouldnt surprise me if the suppliers start to discount to keep sales up as things slow down.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Wouldnt surprise me if the suppliers start to discount to keep sales up as things slow down.

Maybe il give em a ring next week to see if I can get it down.
Was 1100 Inc 2 batteries/charger and a 110v ac adapter

My old one suffered an injury when the van racking collapsed. Probably fixable but it's a good excuse.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Those Dewalt 7 series saws are fantastic we use then in a production environment, they are bulletproof apart from a soft plastic component in the guard release, a simple mod soon sorts that. They get uses all day non stop some days cutting thousands of parts and just keep going.

Still using my DW701 type1 1600w i acquired sometime in the late 90's it has been looked after and not site used, Two decades of reliable use and no complaints.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Picked up a set of dewalt auger impact set on offer for £10

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Mouse for scale.
Akai accepted my registration despite it being second hand and software downloading now. (Came with disks though)

Not quite a mpc 60.
Software and hardware based. Will run as a virtual instrument inside my DAW too.
Also a audio interface.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Its alive.

Spent a few afternoons schooling the 8yo on imcp app so should have him making beats this weekend.

 

[Dr.Al]

A little pile of tools from an ebay seller in China...

The collet is an ER40, 32 mm collet (thanks @Kram). I'd guess you'd call that an oversize oversize collet as the oversize ones usually go up to 30. I've got the 3–30 mm ones as well as a 1/2" and 1" one already so this extends the set and gives me something to hold onto 1¼" (31.75 mm) bar, which I occasionally come across in a skip. Looks a bit flimsy and I doubt I'll use it much, but it'll be interesting to see how accurate it is.

The milling cutter (left) is a 20 mm diameter face mill thing. I bought a second-hand face mill on ebay a few years ago, but it's 80 mm diameter and while it's a wonderful thing to use, my little mill struggles a bit with it so I thought I'd try something smaller.

The three (16 mm shank) lathe tools were bought as a set. I've got some CCMT type tools (with a screwed-in insert) already and I like them a lot, but I do go through the inserts (which only have two cutting tips) quite quickly. One I bought a few years ago also is quite badly made and doesn't hold the insert firmly against the rear face (I don't use that one anymore). All three of the tools shown above seem to be adjustable for how they hold the insert against the rear face (using the screw in the middle) and then there's a separate clamp that holds the insert down. That seems like a very good thing in my view. The two with inserts fitted already use inserts that have 6 cutting tips (three on each side), so hopefully the inserts will last longer than the two tips on the CCMT inserts. The one that doesn't have an insert takes CCMT inserts - I'll probably fit a CCGT insert in it and use it as a dedicated aluminium tool.

I'm looking forward to trying them all out!

 

[fizzy]

Well it arrived today. But I am off ill. My nice neighbour offloaded it for me with his forklift.
Probably blocked mine in though!

 

[m_c]

I've ummed and arred over getting this camera for a while, but there was on offer over the weekend with a reasonably amount of money off, and you still got the gimble free, so my credit card took a hammering..

 

[Dr.Al]

A little pile of tools from an ebay seller in China...

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Hmmm... perhaps not my most successful purchase. I went out to the workshop just now for a quick play...

Turns out I didn't do a good job of reading the blurb for this one. I thought it took CCMT inserts, it takes CNMG inserts. D'oh. I don't have any of those so I can't try this one out yet.

I got these two installed in tool holders and set on centre height. They both work and will make good hogging tools, but however much I varied depth of cut and feed rate, I couldn't get anywhere close to the finish I can get with a CCMT insert or a home-ground HSS tool. The chip breakers also don't start to do anything useful until the depth of cut gets very aggressive. The CCMT seems to break chips on steel pretty much regardless of what you do and gives a really nice finish really easily.

Any tips from anyone who has used these inserts (TNMG or WNMG) and got good results?

I guess I need to play a bit more (or maybe get some better quality inserts?), but I'm a bit underwhelmed at the moment.

That one looks like it'll be a really good little milling cutter. Problem is, the shank's a bit too long for my milling machine really. The only thing I've got that will hold a 20 mm shank tool is an ER40 collet chuck, but that doesn't go very deep and will leave it hanging out too far. I could get an R8 20 mm collet, but the pin fell out of my spindle within a few weeks of having bought it (and the machine seller, arceurotrade, weren't willing to fix it under warranty) and that pretty much rules out using R8 collets (they just spin round when you try to tighten them as there's nothing to hold onto).

I think my only options here are either to wait until I move house and then get a bigger mill, cut the shank so that it's shorter or make a custom R8 thingy and maybe press-fit the tool in. Something I need to ponder on.

 

[ronan]

That one looks like it'll be a really good little milling cutter. Problem is, the shank's a bit too long for my milling machine really. The only thing I've got that will hold a 20 mm shank tool is an ER40 collet chuck, but that doesn't go very deep and will leave it hanging out too far. I could get an R8 20 mm collet, but the pin fell out of my spindle within a few weeks of having bought it (and the machine seller, arceurotrade, weren't willing to fix it under warranty) and that pretty much rules out using R8 collets (they just spin round when you try to tighten them as there's nothing to hold onto).

I think my only options here are either to wait until I move house and then get a bigger mill, cut the shank so that it's shorter or make a custom R8 thingy and maybe press-fit the tool in. Something I need to ponder on.

A lot of mills with r8 collet spindles, don't have a pin to stop the collet spinning, mine included. Just push the collet hard into the spindle with your left hand and tighten the drawbar with your right hand.