Today I acquired...........

[Kram]

although bandsaw and mag drill....hmmmm

I have a Ferrex bandsaw taking up space, I have no need for one and no where sensible to store it.

 

[RWD3M]

Im in Corsham, about 4 miles from Chip-nam

I need to put some thought into it as i dont want it overheating.

DM on the way.

 

[Memmeddu]

im sure it was that thread that led me to the plasma cutter, which then led me to a new much bigger compressor, im trying to downsize the stuff i have.....although bandsaw and mag drill....hmmmm

I have all of those tools....
Plasma cutter I bought it just because it was cheap and have pilot arc and trafimet torch

exactly this one 35A internal regulator, generator friendly

Compressor I made the huge mistake of buying a cheap used unit.
Similar to the one posted earlier in those days on this thread.
Scraped the tank cause it was rotten.
I have to find the time to make it work (needs a lot of work I'm an idiot)
Paid too much for it in first place.

About the bandsaw, I've bought one earlier on this year, presumably a 1990's model, induction motor, change pulley transmission, and roughly 100mm capacity

It looks pretty much like this
Mag drill
I used to have an earlier model cheap Chinese mag drill that looked something like this

Got it for free during the pandemic in destroyed conditions.
Repaired and used every once in a while when I've needed.
But always felt like a toy honestly...
It was a pain because I didn't have any anular cutter so I've used it with the keyed chuck and regular bimetallic holesaws and honestly speaking it worked but it wasn't the right way to use it, very slow, and had a low quality dovetail.
Very thight all the way up and little loose from the middle to the all the way down
Ended up giving it to a friend who needed it more than I did but lasted very little time as it met its end shortly later.
Replaced it with this

A proper heavy duty professional magnetic base drill.
The Gerfa stand has 160ish mm length of travel, magnet is mounted on a dovetail and swivel base, allowing to move it and adjust the position
While the Fein drill on it has 4 gear transmission and 32mm drilling capacity and Morse taper 3 spindle.
The only downside of this industrial piece of equipment is the weight, very close to the 38kg range while the other one was hardly going to be heavier than 16kg.
I need help to move it or place in position

 

[MattF]

This came yesterday.



Wanted something with a hose, rather than mounting directly onto the bottle, and also relatively slimline. A couple of canisters of MAPP gas have arrived today, so hopefully should be giving it a quick test this weekend.

 

[Gragson]

Wanted something with a hose, rather than mounting directly onto the bottle, and also relatively slimline

Let us know what you think of it, looks useful in certain situations.