At the auction, today...
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Topic: At the auction, today...
Posted By: DiyDave
Subject: At the auction, today...
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 7:06pm
Got me a little mini- lathe. OK its Harbor freight, but I paid an American auctioneer for it, and it'll do what I want it for. Anybody wanna play gue$$ what I paid for it? https://www.harborfreight.com/7-inch-x-10-inch-precision-mini-lathe-93212.html?_br_psugg_q=lathe ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
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Posted By: dee_veloper
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 8:14pm
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$100 .... ------------- Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am. My attitude depends on who you are. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 8:15pm
| Good shape $200? I'd call that a deal. Would not mind having one myself |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 8:59pm
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Less... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 9:16pm
well, thats a nice little lathe... should be good for a variety of projects.... Either your bidders wanted something bigger, or you didnt have any machine operators in the group !! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 1:25am
| $25. |
Posted By: D19allisowner
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 4:04am
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$50 ------------- If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 5:07am
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Nobody hit the nail on the head, I paid $30 for it. I think there was a lull in the auction, this was in a box, auctioneer was not opening the boxes. My guess is that people wanting a wood lathe thought it was a metal lathe, and vice-versa. I remember that the last time I had been to a HF store, the price was near to $500 for the mini metal lathe. Equalizing effect ti that this auction had no cell phone reception, so that even those with internet phones were as blind as I was... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 6:37am
| Wow, congrats. Not to detract from it but saw a YT video where these have plastic gears in the transmission. His video was on making new gears for it. Might be worth a look |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 6:54am
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so..it'll cost you more in 'tooling' than the lathe !!  it was a great steal, er, deal, ho ho ho ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 8:34am
| Dave, good deal. You can't get hurt too much regardless of how long it lasts. Let us know how your projects with it go. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 11:40am
 You did DAMN GOOD!!Edit: I'll allow you to double your money on it! I'll send ya a check!
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 7:04pm
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Hooked it up today, it was all there. Has a idjit shield on it, along with a safety switch. I havent ever come close to mangling anything, working with a lathe, so that was the one piece I didn't attach! Tried turning a bushing down a little with the 5/16 tooling I bought offa another auction-goer for $10. 5/16 tooling sits a little high on center, so tomorrow I'm a goin to put a penny under the back end of the cutting bit. If that don't make it cut better, I guess I'll have to dig around and see if I have any 1/4" tooling... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 10:06pm
Dave, you probably know you can buy high speed , carbide tip, or carbide insert type cutters......... Here is a very economical set of carbide tip tools for $20. Most of these things are made in CHINA... but the price is right... Left, right, center cutters... a variety........... i have a similar set ( 1/2 inch ) that i have used for 20 years. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 3:51am
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Steve, I know. I also know that I may have a set, already. I hate buyin off the innernut, specially this time of year, and what with this numbnuts and his supply chain issues... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 5:56pm
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Found a box with 2 1/4" bits in it, pulled a real nice couple shavings offa that bushing! Didn't have a 1/4" cut off bit, so I used a 5/16" bit and stuck a dime under the back end of the bit, cut it off nice, too! So far so good. Not gonna build any model motors or nuthin fancy, so its good enough for me! ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 6:23pm
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Dave, you did great on that buy. Merry Christmas! ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Armand(AZ)
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 7:41am
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Dave, you got a smokin' deal on the lathe. Take a look on the net for quick change tool posts for it. I bought a set for about $100 and found another set on Marketplace for $25. There are some on febay as well. Makes setup a lot faster!! Merry Christmas!! Armand |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:39pm
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Nice score Dave! ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 9:06pm
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Got the first project done with it, today. Put the bushing on a hole saw cutout, replaced the center bit with the cutout and bushing, as a centering jig to cut some bigger holes in a couple sets of lawnmower blades I got for cheap, this fall. Height of the cutting bit is off a little, gets more noticeable as the object you are turning gets smaller. I'll fix that with a shim on the next project... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |