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Free Tools! - TomG - 06-28-2013
My neighbor walked into the shop this morning with an arm full of expansion reamers. Said he came across them cleaning out his Dad's garage and thought I could use them. Also said he'd keep an eye out for anything else that looked machine shop related. It's not a bad deal when tools come to you, let alone free tools.
Tom
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RE: Free Tools! - EdK - 06-28-2013
(06-28-2013, 10:25 AM)TomG Wrote: My neighbor walked into the shop this morning with an arm full of expansion reamers. Said he came across them cleaning out his Dad's garage and thought I could use them. Also said he'd keep an eye out for anything else that looked machine shop related. It's not a bad deal when tools come to you, let alone free tools.
Tom
That's worthy of a
Ed
RE: Free Tools! - Mayhem - 06-28-2013
RE: Free Tools! - oldgoaly - 06-28-2013
good neighbor!
RE: Free Tools! - DaveH - 06-28-2013
Nice, plus the obligatory
DaveH
RE: Free Tools! - PixMan - 06-28-2013
Wow, do you ever earn a
!Are those marked as to maker? If you have any of the Chadwick & Trefethen brand, they're still in business in southern NH. Top quality tools, and those also do look good from here.
RE: Free Tools! - TomG - 06-28-2013
Ken,
The big on is by KD Tools and looks to be some sort of line reamer. It has a sliding taper to align the end. The familiar yellow and blue is obviously Morse and is brand new. The other two were made by Hikari Seiko. None have seen much use. I have some smaller sizes that I use on occasion, but have never needed anything this big, but you never know...
Tom
RE: Free Tools! - Tony Wells - 06-28-2013
KD I believe made a line of reamers for king pin bushings. Seems I have one or two around here somewhere.
RE: Free Tools! - bollie7 - 06-30-2013
(06-28-2013, 06:35 PM)TomG Wrote: The big on is by KD Tools and looks to be some sort of line reamer. It has a sliding taper to align the end.
Tom.
The alignment sleeve should unscrew off the end. They used to be (probably still are) available in a range of sizes to screw onto the end of a std adjustable reamer.
bollie7
RE: Free Tools! - Dave J - 07-01-2013
Good score,especially for free.
My new neighbor where I have moved to stuck his head over the fence on Sunday to see what I was up to and we got talking.
He said he had a bandsaw over there that he didn't use anymore and is just in the way and to come over and make him an offer if I wanted it. I went over and after some short discussion the price of $200 was reached. I looked them up and they are Taiwanese made and new price is $1695, this thing is about 12 year old needs a new blade but looks like it's been looked after and it hasn't been used in years.
http://www.gasweld.com.au/532510-toolex.html
I will pick it up next weekend, but like you said we don't have to go anywhere and we get tools, LOL
Dave