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Sold.

Price reduced to $200. The Kennedy 520 is sold.

sold

Says Waterloo, but actually a Kennedy 526 journeyman machinist chest. - 26” wide - 8 drawers - 90 lb. drawer slides - drawers have no rust - minor surface rust at bottom front edge (see pics) - rust on side carrying handles - NO FRONT COVER - no keys Retails for $1,071 + taxes = $1,200...

Kennedy 520B apprentice machinist tool box. (Says Waterloo, but made by Kennedy). ZERO rust. NO dents. Store your Starrett and Mitutoyo tools safely! MSRP is $839 + taxes = $940. Selling for $300. - lockable front cover - 6 adjustable drawer dividers - 7 drawers (90 pound drawer slides) -...

Sold.

Yeah, thats me selling my Vevor.

Here's a Stumpy Nubs Youtube video about a kit to connect 1-2-3 blocks together. Sold by Tay Tools, who also sells blemished PEC stuff (rumor is PEC makes combination squares for a Japanese company starting with M and ending with O).I work mostly in metric, and found KBC the only one with...

Price reduced to $50

Price reduced to $80.

Price dropped to $30 for both.

KBC just raised their Kennedy prices.

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van/hvo/d/vancouver-hardinge-horizontal-milling/7508397783.html

Im a newbie, so I will leave that to the more experienced members to answer. But I'm guessing that three jaws 120 degrees apart in a drill chuck does not hold a square tap end well enough against torques needed to.cut threads?

It is kind of like a drill chuck, except instead of holding drill bits, it holds taps. Use appropriate arbor and drawbar to mount onto a milling machine. Line up with hole ro be tapped. Calculate appropriate rpm. Turn on, feed, and stop mill. Reverse direction to extracf tap. Viola, a tapped hole!