A couple more items for the work shop

[EricR]

Sorry Jeff beer comes in bottles gas comes in ''cylinders'',

Yeah them baby's are a lot of money but now you own it so it wouldn't be so bad in the future to get a refill, those have 80 cubic feet in those ''cylinders'', lol.

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by EricR

Sorry Jeff beer comes in bottles gas comes in ''cylinders'',

Yeah them baby's are a lot of money but now you own it so it wouldn't be so bad in the future to get a refill, those have 80 cubic feet in those ''cylinders'', lol.

I'll blame it on sticker shock from the empty price of my cylinder

[freedhardwoods]

You have a lot of great tools.

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by freedhardwoods

You have a lot of great tools.

Thanks.

I don't have real deep pockets so it took a lot of searching for good deals.

[Jeff in Pa]

I've gotten a few great deals off ebay the past few months.

A Jacobs 8-1/2N ball bearing super chuck for $36 ( retails for around $250 )



Brown & Sharpe 12" vernier calipers for $26



and the best "steal" was this set of almost brand new 24" Starrett vernier calipers for $197.50 These retail for $1151

[JLM78]

some days Ebay is Great

[Berwil]

Those are good deals. How temperature dependent are the 24" calipers? My thought is 20 degrees from calibration temp could throw them off a tiny bit because of expansion/contraction.

Bill

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by Berwil

Those are good deals. How temperature dependent are the 24" calipers? My thought is 20 degrees from calibration temp could throw them off a tiny bit because of expansion/contraction.

Bill

I keep them at work and bring them home when needed. Work is usually 64* to 70* except in the summer when it gets a "warmer".

I guess if you're measuring similar materials the temp difference wouldn't matter much. I guess measuring 50* aluminum with 50* stainless calipers could lead to some errors.

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by JLM78

some days Ebay is Great

And somedays watching and hoping to bid makes you wish you were selling instead of buying

[Jeff in Pa]

I got a good deal on a Jacobs rubber collet chuck for my Monarch lathe

I've been looking for this set up for quite a while but they go for way too much money. I found this one on ebay for a good price and it included all the collets. It will work with 1/16 and the way thru 1-3/8" ( the only drawback on this type of collet is you can't hold short pieces )

I included a picture of another ebay auction with a decent price and mine was under half that

Here's the auction pic ( it won't allow me to upload a .png file )

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