Thread: todays tools gloat

Originally Posted by Toggy

RC Some people have all the good luck. Just that I am not one of them most of the time unfortunately. Ken

Dunno if my luck is that good Toggy... I lost $1200 or so this week... A bull of mine died in the paddock that was destined for the meatworks...

RC

Have you heard the old livestock managers' saying; "Where you have livestock, you have deadstock."

How true. The buggers seem to try and invent new ways of carking it. Been there; done that with them.

Ken

Originally Posted by Toggy

RC

"Where you have livestock, you have deadstock."

quite clever that

Not a gloat as I did not get it for anything like $20, but a mitutoyo mag base and really good 0.01mm test indicator with the extra long pointy bit.. Also got the snakey type holder as well which was not in the description, but it does not seem real rigid and has no base to screw it into..

I have a noga base and the mitutoyo one is far more rigid when locked, but is far more substantial in size as well..

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This morning I went to the Hand Tool Preservation Society annual sale.
I don't usually buy much just say hello to Boringgeof and have a look at the hand tools.
Anyway I found these 6 imperial reamers, 4 spiral made in England, and 2 straight made in USA for the princely sum of $16.
Size range is 3/8 to 3/4"
Not that much bite left on the straight ones but they could all come in handy for doing up old machines at the mens shed.
The most likely thing that I will use them on is wood!

I won a grade A 600x1000mm granite surface plate on ebay last week. Go to pick it up and the bloke says " I have some other stuff you might be interested in". When he showed me the other stuff I thought Christmas had come early. So I also got a 2ft straight edge, a scraped angle plate, an optical flat and a few other odds and ends. Also got a pattern for a roughly 600x300 surface plate, 3'9" camel back straight edge and 3'9" I beam straight edge. So I might have to look into getting some castings done. there are also a heap of other patterns to which i will post photos of later when I have sorted them out. I do have photos to prove it but I'm having trouble loading them.

Lucky you, getting that extra stuff as well. Surprising what some people find in sheds.
Kryn

Looks like a nice surface plate, good price as well... it is a smaller sibling to mine.... Made by Robertson Stone in South Africa... Mine has the same RS emblem on it...

Here's the proof (finally )

snapatap, I think that is the same place I picked up a T&C and a few other bits. I am pleased the patterns are going to someone who will make something happen with them.
Was the large vertical mill still in the back corner? I have been trying to justify picking that up!!

Originally Posted by Burner

snapatap, I think that is the same place I picked up a T&C and a few other bits. I am pleased the patterns are going to someone who will make something happen with them.
Was the large vertical mill still in the back corner? I have been trying to justify picking that up!!

Yeah the mill is still there. Its a cool old lump of iron that should be justification enough . What brand is the tool and cutter grinder? do you have any pics?

It is a Cincinatti, or a Macson, they appear to be the same and I have one of each as it was cheaper to buy the second one with all the other extra tooling than buy the bits individually, well that was the justification I used!! This one had some unique home made adaptions. I bought one of the scraped surface plates as well and a few odds and ends. I am glad they didn't use that granite surface plate as a tombstone like they suggested!!

I have a real soft spot for old machine tools and have collected some and that mill fits right into that category. I keep thinking about it and my neighbour with a crane truck owes me a few favours!!


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Cincinatti, obvious in the pictures!!

Hello Burner,
Could you post some pictures of the attachments you have for the cincinatti?

I have a AI Hembrug u2 universal grinder and it looks very much like the cincinatti. I know the u2 was copied and "improved" from an American machine.
I am curious if the attachments are copied too.

I have tried to upload a picture of my grinder, but for some reason it doesn't work. I will try again later.
Peter