Some New Tools I Bought

[EdK]

The company I work for is doing very well so we got a nice bonus at the end of the fiscal year which was the end of March. We got the bonus check in June. So I thought I would use some of it to purchase some tooling I need. I wanted to get the ER-40 collet set from Tools4Cheap but they are still out of them so I got this stuff instead, which I also needed.

http://www.tools4cheap.net/proddetail.ph...=5ccollets

http://www.maritool.com/Tool-Holders-Spa..._info.html

http://www.maritool.com/Tool-Holders-Spa..._info.html

It's always exciting to be able to add to the tool collection.

Ed

[stevec]

Great Ed, so you have no 5c collets and some ER-40 collet tools without collets. Seems to be a sad reward for your hard work and nice (?) bonus.

[DaveH]

Very nice Ed,
So when's the party, I'll bring the sausage rolls

DaveH

[EdK]

(06-29-2012, 04:55 PM)stevec Wrote: Great Ed, so you have no 5c collets and some ER-40 collet tools without collets. Seems to be a sad reward for your hard work and nice (?) bonus.

Steve,

Yup, kind of pathetic. I have an ER-40 collet chuck for my lathe which I still need to install.

http://www.tools4cheap.net/proddetail.ph...=er40plate

And no collets for it yet. Pretty useless without collets.

I do have a 5C spin indexer but only have a few hex collets, which I got dirt cheap some years ago, and 1 or 2 round collets for it. I've used the spin indexer a few times and it is quite handy so having a full set of round collets for it will be a luxury. I also have these 5C collet blocks so I can finally start using them once I receive the collets.

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTP...A=235-7050

And this:

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTP...A=235-6080

Ed

[EdK]

(06-29-2012, 05:01 PM)DaveH Wrote: Very nice Ed,
So when's the party, I'll bring the sausage rolls

DaveH

Dave,

If you're supplying the food then come on over anytime! Or maybe you should wait until I receive the new tooling so I can show them off.

Ed

[stevec]

OH, so you back ordered the 5C collets. Phew!, I was worried you'd be colletless.

[EdK]

(06-29-2012, 05:10 PM)stevec Wrote: OH, so you back ordered the 5C collets. Phew!, I was worried you'd be colletless.

Oh sh_t! I didn't see that they were not in stock. Bummer, I guess I will be colletless after all. That is a sad state of affairs. Woe is me! I'm such an idiot. OK. let's not go there.

Ed

[doubleboost]

At least they will be nice and shiney
John

[EdK]

(06-29-2012, 05:23 PM)doubleboost Wrote: At least they will be nice and shiney
John

Yup, may as well put a positive spin on the saga.

Ed

[DaveH]

They looked 'mat black' to me

DaveH