What - non Festool - tool / workshop related gizmo/stuff did you buy today?

[rvieceli]

Glad you got yours. They canceled my order.

Ron

 

[Alanbach]

Agreed! So glad that you got yours!

 

[Peter Kelly]

80T Kapex Replacement & 40T Super General blade(s) from Infinity Tools.

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[rmwarren]

A random assortment of USA Whitney form taps from 3/4" down to 6-32, including M14, M8 & M6, all for $19. It's like the old days of eBay. 

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RMW

 

[Cheese]

A random assortment of USA Whitney form taps from 3/4" down to 6-32, including M14, M8 & M6, all for $19. It's like the old days of eBay. 

The nice thing is that most appear to be bottoming or plug taps which are difficult to find unless you go to a tooling house like MSC or Travers.

Heh, heh, heh...19 more items for the estate sale.  [poke]  [smile]

 

[rmwarren]

A random assortment of USA Whitney form taps from 3/4" down to 6-32, including M14, M8 & M6, all for $19. It's like the old days of eBay. 

The nice thing is that most appear to be bottoming or plug taps which are difficult to find unless you go to a tooling house like MSC or Travers.

Heh, heh, heh...19 more items for the estate sale.  [poke]  [smile]

Discussing my, umn... lifetime supply of some stuff yesterday with the boss. Mentioned that she's faced with disposing of stuff I acquired on eBay 20 years ago "from the estate of a fly tyer" and suggested she could resell it on eBay similarly. She replied it would be listed as "from the estate of a knucklehead who acquired it from the estate of a fly tyer".  Hard to argue with that. We are in a competition not to be the last surviving spouse.

Yea I think many of these will see some actual use, and overall the lot cost me about what a single tap would at retail. They are purported to be new old stock.

RMW

 

[jeffinsgf]

.... We are in a competition not to be the last surviving spouse.
RMW

^^^This^^^

 

[4nthony]

I'm slowly swapping out bits and drivers with Centrotec compatible versions.

 

[squall_line]

I'm slowly swapping out bits and drivers with Centrotec compatible versions.

Alas, if Snappy made metric Vix bits, I would have probably gotten them a long time ago.  Instead, I was stuck trolling eBay waiting to find a retailer getting rid of a package-damaged Festool 5mm (because I'm too cheap to spend what Festool wants for it).

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I wasn't even aware that they sold those. My Snappys are just regular hex.

 

[4nthony]

Alas, if Snappy made metric Vix bits, I would have probably gotten them a long time ago.  Instead, I was stuck trolling eBay waiting to find a retailer getting rid of a package-damaged Festool 5mm (because I'm too cheap to spend what Festool wants for it).

Yeah, I can see maybe $40-$50 for the 5mm Festool, but $97?

I recently picked up some 5mm system screws from Blum so I have a feeling there there will be a new self-centering bit in my future. Snappy makes a a 5mm self-centering bit but it's not available in a Centrotec version. I sent an email checking to see if maybe one is coming soon.

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[neeleman]

I'm slowly swapping out bits and drivers with Centrotec compatible versions.

Is there somebody in the USA that's willing to buy and send me one of those Snappy 5/64" self centering bits for Centrotec?
As an European it's not possible for me to buy one of those from Snappy or Amazon.

Greetings Keeswillem
Holland

 

[4nthony]

Is there somebody in the USA that's willing to buy and send me one of those Snappy 5/64" self centering bits for Centrotec?

I could probably ship one to you but international shipping seems expensive. Is there a better way?

The USPS calculator only accepts weight in pounds (I entered 1 pound).

I checked the price for a small box and a small envelope.

 

[festal]

try pirateship if they do international

 

[neeleman]

Cannot it be shipped in a regular bubble envelope?

 

[4nthony]

Cannot it be shipped in a regular bubble envelope?

I'll put my bit in an envelope, head over to the post office, let them weigh it, and get a price in person, but that might not happen until next week.

 

[festal]

Cannot it be shipped in a regular bubble envelope?

I'll put my bit in an envelope, head over to the post office, let them weigh it, and get a price in person, but that might not happen until next week.

no need

pirateship based on these paramenters:

 

[4nthony]

pirateship based on these paramenters:

There it is. I'll need to find a padded envelope....

Alas, if Snappy made metric Vix bits, I would have probably gotten them a long time ago.  Instead, I was stuck trolling eBay waiting to find a retailer getting rid of a package-damaged Festool 5mm (because I'm too cheap to spend what Festool wants for it).

Yeah, I can see maybe $40-$50 for the 5mm Festool, but $97?

I recently picked up some 5mm system screws from Blum so I have a feeling there there will be a new self-centering bit in my future. Snappy makes a a 5mm self-centering bit but it's not available in a Centrotec version. I sent an email checking to see if maybe one is coming soon.

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[member=75217]squall_line[/member] [member=58857]Crazyraceguy[/member] Coming soon...

 

[squall_line]

[member=75217]squall_line[/member] [member=58857]Crazyraceguy[/member] Coming soon...

[eek]

That's all it took, eh?

[doh]

You get exactly as many things as you don't ask for.  Thanks for doing that!

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Well that's cool. I'm going to look into the others first, but I would buy a 5mm too.
I do have a 5mm spring-loaded bit, but it's not self-centering. It is intended to be used with a shelf pin jig. I have made or modified other jigs to work with it, but a true tapered centering bit would be great.