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Not a gloat. I don't like to tempt fate that way, but all this is too good to be true.
Finished wiring my IH mill and sighed " Done and done but it'll be some time before I can afford tooling!"
Well...not so fast.
A friend at work said his brother was out of a job as his company just sold out. "Will they be having an auction?" I asked. "No, all the machines went to the new owners, but what do you need?" was his response.
"Oh, heck, a R8 collet or two...maybe some hold-downs. Just junk to get me going."
The next day in my truck was a box FULL of collets (used & beat up but I'm NOT complaining!)
The next day....end mills, both RH and LH and two sets of parallels.
-And drill bits.
-And a fly cutter. (uses 2 cutters but the arbor is bent where the head screws on the arbor, so I only use one cutter, right!?)
-And a #36 Jacobs drill chuck.
-T nuts.
(((((00)))))
"He says there's also this round thing that sits on the mill table and you turn a crank...."
"Yes, YES, YES, I'll take it!!!"
pant pant pant...
So then yesterday I was talking with the guy who heads our repair division and I asked him how he trams his mill, with a dial indicator or a test indicator?
"Oh, I just use a dial indicator with a mount I made and tram it off the vise. Ya know, I've got an extra Kurt vise back here. Come look."
There it is, a NIB Kurt D40.
"Wanna buy it? We'll have to go thru the purchasing department though."
"Aw, hell, I can't afford what one of these costs" I moaned.
"Can you swing $100 ?" (((00)))
Needless to say it now sits on my mill.
Now, let me add that all that time I had a picture of a Kurt to give to my friend to tell his brother that if they had anything like that left...beat up or not....I'd take it.
Lottery tickets next.
Finished wiring my IH mill and sighed " Done and done but it'll be some time before I can afford tooling!"
Well...not so fast.
A friend at work said his brother was out of a job as his company just sold out. "Will they be having an auction?" I asked. "No, all the machines went to the new owners, but what do you need?" was his response.
"Oh, heck, a R8 collet or two...maybe some hold-downs. Just junk to get me going."
The next day in my truck was a box FULL of collets (used & beat up but I'm NOT complaining!)
The next day....end mills, both RH and LH and two sets of parallels.
-And drill bits.
-And a fly cutter. (uses 2 cutters but the arbor is bent where the head screws on the arbor, so I only use one cutter, right!?)
-And a #36 Jacobs drill chuck.
-T nuts.
(((((00)))))
"He says there's also this round thing that sits on the mill table and you turn a crank...."
"Yes, YES, YES, I'll take it!!!"
pant pant pant...
So then yesterday I was talking with the guy who heads our repair division and I asked him how he trams his mill, with a dial indicator or a test indicator?
"Oh, I just use a dial indicator with a mount I made and tram it off the vise. Ya know, I've got an extra Kurt vise back here. Come look."
There it is, a NIB Kurt D40.
"Wanna buy it? We'll have to go thru the purchasing department though."
"Aw, hell, I can't afford what one of these costs" I moaned.
"Can you swing $100 ?" (((00)))
Needless to say it now sits on my mill.
Now, let me add that all that time I had a picture of a Kurt to give to my friend to tell his brother that if they had anything like that left...beat up or not....I'd take it.
Lottery tickets next.
(just kidding)
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