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"lil" score - Kennyv - 07-25-2015
Little score went shopping a few weeks back to pick up some wheels to fix brand new used band saw. Stoped at 2 stores to start building assortment of hardware , spent some good money at each hardware buying sizes of button head and socket Head cap screws. As he was writing up ticket took look in bargain box found some woodriff keys , e- clips hair pin studs , pins and various other stuff The guy wouldnt,budge and throw a few 50 cent items for free He seemed annoyed that I was asking for price an availability for items (grumpy ole man)
Than asked for something else he went ballsitic asking for tax id.. . Btw I didnt ask him NOT to charge tax was juts asking for 6-8 .50 cent items ..lol end of story he ended up giving me entire box for free.
The other store I went to was a different story Purchased 5 -6 items ( lots of hundred ) every box he had that was not full box he threw in for free else at a great price . He too had a bargain bin at counter I was askin him prices he juts kept saying put out what ya wasnt. So put out 5-6 items and he didnt say a word just threw them in the box and didnt charge me a dime when I went to pay .. No brainier who im going back to again . He is a piazano , his prices are cheaper and he dont get mad when ya ask for a price and availability.
Ok next in line is a Greenfield 20+pc tap and die set .. vintage too . By the looks of it was not used once .still had the oil on it . Ready for this FREE . Yup one of my buds helped cleaned house on his mother in laws husband that passed away . He was a craftsman had allot of ole tools mostly all wood and hand tools but he gave me this set from his good will find. Said he filled his car 3 times with stuff .I thought about e baying it but said no way cant replace these for double what id get for it .So for now those are keeps . Btw I gave him about 20 handcrafted fishing jigs worth over $100 as a token of appreciation. And lastly finially found an e bay deal that I did not have to bid. 2 lots of Greenfield dies (1-1/2 and 2-1/2) a pr of tap handles one Butter field and some free taps . I wrote to seller gave my offer he accepted right away. Looked around found the other set wrote again asked to combine shipping and that was that. Done deal no bidding , complete set .. $10 shipping arrived at my doorstep this am . These dies are in GREAT shape . Lets just say great deal does it matter what I paid ? E bay has been hit and miss but if your patient and shop around you do find some sweet deals mostly with folks that are selling estate items .
RE: "lil" score - Mayhem - 07-26-2015
Nice haul!
RE: "lil" score - Kennyv - 08-05-2015
hopefully last of tooling .. Yea right!!!! one package still on the way . Including a replacement drill chuck knurling tools an extra knurls..... .. bought some brand new used stuff including (two) 1/2 Jacobs ball Bering chucks (one not shown) . Spent 1 hour cleaning / fixing up all tolling. Combo Knurling tools( not shown) drill chucks .. Found one Drill chuck to be not operation like it supposed to. Cleaned up even soaked over night in Kroil . Still don't feel Right .Machine tool guy said disagrees told me send it back ..I told him ist not a good functioning ball Bering chuck ..id maybe use on drill press but that's about it. JMHO it saw its dayz either overheated or submerged in coolant way too long. afre my inpecable clean up job he may fool someone but that wont change how it works tho... Anyways have one more box of goodies onda way than im done till I need something else make some moneys
RE: "lil" score - Mayhem - 08-05-2015
If it isn't too late, return the set of insert tool holders. They are cheap and nasty, and not worth the money. Simply put, they don't support the insert nearly enough, and you will find that you only ever use 1 or 2 of the tools.
Find yourself a second hand (or even new ToolMex brand) CCMT holder. These take 80° rhomboid positive inserts and hold them securely. The 80° means that you can turn and face without changing the tool. Inserts are fairly cheap and readily available on eBay. This will be the tool that you use most of the time. Look out for an insert parting tool if you can find one with a shank size to suit. You can always mill the shank down to suit however if you can't. Also, a couple of boring bars that take the same CCGT/CCMT insert should be on your list.
RE: "lil" score - EdK - 08-05-2015
It looks to me like a couple of those tools do use CCMT inserts. It looks like a right and left hand tool in the kit. The others appear to be a couple of diamond shaped insert holders and some others. If he got them cheap enough, I can't see why they wouldn't be useful. This all said not knowing what brand they are and what he paid for them.
Ed
RE: "lil" score - Mayhem - 08-05-2015
For some reason I can't blow the pic up enough to see clearly. From what I saw, it looked like the ubiquitous cheap set that doesn't support the insert.
My apologies if I am wrong. A better picture of those would be helpful.
RE: "lil" score - Kennyv - 08-05-2015
(08-05-2015, 05:28 PM)Mayhem Wrote: For some reason I can't blow the pic up enough to see clearly. From what I saw, it looked like the ubiquitous cheap set that doesn't support the insert.
My apologies if I am wrong. A better picture of those would be helpful.
don't sweat it ... I gots like hundreds of $$ worth of inserts a few months ago .. all will fit this set ..... didn't spend much for set ether ..im gona burn through what I have and make all my own tool holders boring bars anyways ..
if they aint no good frankly ill make it better/ work ..if not I make it into something else more useful if not ill learn from experiece and perhaps start selling my own tooling like I now see folks doin .
last few months been making a few relationships with tooling guys so who knows maybe ill be able to market my own made in USA index able tool holders so what ya think to that ?
RE: "lil" score - Kennyv - 08-06-2015
alright just received my return /exchange on the one beat Jacobs ball bearing drill chuck . he gave me a newish 1/8-5/8 Cushman . Said it was USA but its not. Upon some research found out that they used to be than got bought out .. all in all don't look that bad .. gots a few Armstrong knurling tools with a bunch of xtra free knurls . However 3 sets wont fit bc of wrong diam ..maybe ill put some spacers when actually need em and grind the one oversize set down to .312 Another mistake was the Greenfielld die holder with 1/4 pipe die gotem down to 10 bucks . he was supposed to find me 1/2" 1/8 NPT but guess he didn't want to dig .. However it was supposed to be 1.5 and its 1.750 . another tool to flip or modiphy ...what ya expect? I didn't get charged for anything yet ..well I got a nice lathe out of the deal tho ... gota love these ole timers
RE: "lil" score - krv3000 - 08-07-2015
good
RE: "lil" score - Kennyv - 10-31-2015
Recent scores wheelin and dealing.
Been spending allot of my free time on E-Bay so havent been working much on projects . However . Buying , fiddling , fixing, flipin and reselling has paid off . It all stared and was funded by a few
items from hardware store , lookin around what i can flip and one flea market find . ( yea in the garbage)
My new found Hobby has been paying for itself. .little by little I have acquired hardware material and tolling to work out in the garage on stuff. Well the past few weeks I had some good sales , here are a few of the items That I had acquired for FREE all from the net profits .
Ok Now its time to get back in gear n actually get one project finished that I have started .