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[ebinmaine 74,796]

Scored some decent tools from a local online auction. Pick up Tuesday morning. 

 

 

[ri702bill 10,179]

Decent they are...Rockwell is a good name. I have a 12" HFT tabletop disc sander and love it. It uses the PSA discs - a 3 pack assortment is short money. Great for wood and metal.

Nice drill press - the on-the-fly spindle infinite speed adjustment is so superior to the PITA stepped pulley system. Do NOT adjust it in the OFF position....

Dual pedestal grinder is nice - and it has the dipping pan too.

Edited Monday at 10:07 PM by ri702bill

[JoeM 9,003]

Hit the auctions myself, I like the online soft close biding. 

I did find out tho some will let you bid on your own stuff and that seems hoaky. 

I have got some buys. and not to often paid a little more than i wanted to. 

I got stung a couple times running her up, lol it's only money. 

[Bill D 2,381]

Love the drill press and grinder.  Put them all on wheeled stands for easy movement around the shop if needed. 

[JimSraj 555]

Nice acquisitions. Don’t neglect to hook up that belt and disc machine to a dust collection system. They are great but boy do they make airborne dust. 

[lynnmor 8,122]

Any of that have 3 phase motors?  

[ebinmaine 74,796]

11 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

Any of that have 3 phase motors?  

 

No sir. I let some other machines pass that did...

[ebinmaine 74,796]

37 minutes ago, Bill D said:

Love the drill press and grinder.  Put them all on wheeled stands for easy movement around the shop if needed. 

 

Drill press has a constant place.

The one I have now was my grandfather's. OK for rough work but it wobbles. 

This Rockwell should be much more precise. 

 

The sander..... Likely a roller. 

[ebinmaine 74,796]

1 hour ago, JoeM said:

Hit the auctions myself, I like the online soft close biding. 

I did find out tho some will let you bid on your own stuff and that seems hoaky. 

I have got some buys. and not to often paid a little more than i wanted to. 

I got stung a couple times running her up, lol it's only money. 

 

 

My habit is to set a max bid. If I get the item - great! 

 

[JoeM 9,003]

9 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

My habit is to set a max bid

what fun is that?

 

I do the same but my max is usually on the cheap side.........my wife says I still got money from when I was a kid! Well maybe!

 

[Wayne0 1,374]

22 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Scored some decent tools from a local online auction. Pick up Tuesday morning. 

 

 

You are going to LOVE the drill press!! Did it come on the stand? If so, bolt it down. Get a cross mill (x-y) vice and you can do some light milling with it.

[ebinmaine 74,796]

37 minutes ago, Wayne0 said:

You are going to LOVE the drill press!!

 

Wayne I've only had this beautiful beast home for a couple hours and I already do. 

WOW!

 

 

37 minutes ago, Wayne0 said:

Did it come on the stand?

 

Yes it did. 

 

 

37 minutes ago, Wayne0 said:

If so, bolt it down. Get a cross mill (x-y) vice and you can do some light milling with it.

 

I have a REALLY cheap one but this press deserves much better.  

 

 

It also came with a couple other SERIOUS bonuses. 

 

I'd love help identifying and understanding these two things. 

 

The first is obviously a vise. It appears that the shop was possibly clamping it in place((??))

 

The square section to the right is an add on. 

 

 

 

 

 

This next piece I'm not the least bit familiar with. 

A tapping tool of some sort? 

 

The upper collar does rotate. 

 

 

[Wayne0 1,374]

I got mine from a friend who worked for a machine shop. They up graded their drill presses and were going to throw this one away because no one wanted a 3 phase machine.Floor model with an extra chuck. #2 Morse.

I bought a static converter on Fleabay for short money. Bought an X-Y table. The best freebee I ever got. You will love the ability to do some milling on that.

[Wayne0 1,374]

10 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Wayne I've only had this beautiful beast home for a couple hours and I already do. 

WOW!

 

 

 

Yes it did. 

 

 

 

I have a REALLY cheap one but this press deserves much better.  

 

 

It also came with a couple other SERIOUS bonuses. 

 

I'd love help identifying and understanding these two things. 

 

The first is obviously a vise. It appears that the shop was possibly clamping it in place((??))

 

The square section to the right is an add on. 

 

 

 

 

 

This next piece I'm not the least bit familiar with. 

A tapping tool of some sort? 

 

The upper collar does rotate. 

 

 

I'm sorry, but I can't really help with those two tools. Not a machinist, but I play one when I need to.

[ebinmaine 74,796]

1 hour ago, Wayne0 said:

milling

 

That'd be awesome. 

Maybe even figure out how to mill a cylinder head.  🤔 

[Bill D 2,381]

Love the drill press.  Gotta admit, I'm a bit jealous. 

[Wayne0 1,374]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

That'd be awesome. 

Maybe even figure out how to mill a cylinder head.  🤔 

Not sure if I would go that far, but who knows? I do know that I wouldn't attempt it. I'll do key ways and stuff like that, but that's out of my league. 

[ebinmaine 74,796]

42 minutes ago, Bill D said:

Love the drill press.  Gotta admit, I'm a bit jealous. 

 

You stop up. Bring drillable stuff.  

[ebinmaine 74,796]

28 minutes ago, Wayne0 said:

Not sure if I would go that far, but who knows? I do know that I wouldn't attempt it. I'll do key ways and stuff like that, but that's out of my league. 

 

With the right setup I'd try it.  

[lynnmor 8,122]

One item is a quick action vice made to hold small parts.  You would leave a bar get close to the column to prevent rotation while you holding everything with your left hand.

 

The Tapmatic is a tapping head, with the proper collets you can use #6 to 1/2" taps.  The tapping head will engage as the tap if fed into the work and will automatically reverse as you raise the spindle.  The collar on top adjusts the torque so you can apply just enough torque to prevent breakage.  

[lynnmor 8,122]

The Heinrich vises are the cats rear, one like this would be ideal for your purposes but somehow I believe you might pass on that:

 

[ebinmaine 74,796]

43 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

The Heinrich vises are the cats rear, one like this would be ideal for your purposes but somehow I believe you might pass on that:

 

 

Interesting.... believe it or not I actually have one already. 

It was a previous auction find... 

[Handy Don 14,803]

I’ve seen something that might be similar to the Tapmatic.

It was a gadget for a drill press that  mounted a tap at the other end. The body was a sort of friction clutch that engaged the die to turn using the energy of the drill press but with controlled speed. The drill press held the die vertically and a vise on the worktable held the piece being tapped in its desired position. I don’t remember if it was able to do the “back out” part of successful die cutting to sever the cuttings. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Handy Don