Did I do ok?

[SomeGuy]

All of this just followed me home for $500 as a lot...

There's one Mitutoyo dial indicator, one Mitutoyo depth micrometer set (though it doesn't turn freely), and one Mitutoyo digimatic 6" though I don't have a battery for it so not sure it's working. The rest of the indicators there's a couple USA made ones of some sort (don't know the make) and there's a couple broken chinese ones so they're worthless. The three piece caliper set in the box is chinese but is in good shape.

The insert tool holders are almost all 1" shank, which I probably will end up selling off since they won't fit my lathe...but there's lots of good inserts and a pile of HSS.

The drill indexes only one has some bits in it, the others are empty (I knew this). There's a few center drills and other misc bits and bobs as well.

So what says everyone?

 

[Former Member]

I evaluate purchases like this as follows, did a few(one to all) of the items fill a void I needed (or wanted) at a lower price than was paid its a win, if not well.....

 

[SomeGuy]

Found a battery for the caliper, works fine, so that's a win.

 

[whydontu]

Score! Even if you scrap 1/3 of it, you’ve done well. You have mega-$$$ in inserts, fire up the mill and cut down the shanks of the holders.

 

[Aliva]

You could always mill the tool bits down to fit your lathe. Then you've got to buy the inserts, that's the pricey part.

 

[RobinHood]

Nice score!

@SomeGuy, I’ll buy all the 1” tooling from you if you decide to sell them. Send me a PM with the details and price. Thanks.

 

[Dabbler]

@SomeGuy What area is 'home'? (Calgary, Toronto, etc)? Shipping might be a factor...

 

[SomeGuy]

So the Mitutoyo depth micrometer was easy to free up, is in good working order now. Found a Noga deburring tool, a Starrett outside spring caliper, a Starrett 178A radius gauge (plus a bunch of other little radius/pitch gauges but not of any particular brand), so a few other nice pieces in the lot.

"Home" is within an hour of the GTA.

 

[PeterT]

... fire up the mill and cut down the shanks of the holders.

I've had limited but mixed results. The offshore stuff, which I believe to be alloy # 414tunacan... cut like Buttah.
But it was some kind of name brand old school N-Am or Euro shank, boy that was some tough sh*t & put up a fight. Tried a few different end mills it was tough sledding, small DOC & very slow feed. I thought maybe I just had to get through some outer hardening. Think I even broke a carbide. I am now of the 'Buy the right size' club LOL.

 

[SomeGuy]

I spent some time this afternoon sorting stuff out into some parts bins I had already...

Also short of a couple of the dial indicators (the Mitutoyo and one of the chinese ones), most aren't in good shape...sticky or bezels falling off or cracked glass or missing tips or whathaveyou.

 

[SomeGuy]

I don't yet have a mill, just a lathe...so cutting them don't isn't in the cards just yet, though I'd like to add a mill sometime this year and cutting them down could be interesting.

 

[SomeGuy]

So doing some research here...the two right gauges with yellow faces are from "Standard Gage Company" and are made in the USA. Apparently Standard Gage was bought by Browne and Sharpe at some point and the old USA made ones like these are actually quite good.

Standard Gage

Standard Gage was an American company based in Poughkeepsie NY. They were purchased by Brown & Sharpe in 1987 and continued to manufacture dial indicators, bore gages and snap gages in and around the same area in New York State.After Brown & Sharpe was absorbed into the Hexagon Metrology...

www.dorseymetrology.com

 

[Tom Kitta]

I just counted it all and its about $700 worth of stuff or so. I counted dial indicators at $10 each, which is standard price for "rough shape". Overall a good buy, noting too spectacular but a good buy. If you part it out carefully it may increase in value to 1000 (when selling individually) if lucky you can more or less keep your stuff and sell the rest working it out to cost of zero.

 

[ShawnR]

I don't yet have a mill, just a lathe...so cutting them don't isn't in the cards just yet, though I'd like to add a mill sometime this year and cutting them down could be interesting.

I have cut some tool holders down on the metal lathe. Long time ago, but was surprised how well it worked. I suspect it would be as @PeterT said though, depends on the material. I cut my threading tool down a couple days ago to get it into the new lathe QCTP.

This is how I held it

The three jaw works well too but probably more sketchy. I am sure others here have better advice. I just ordered insert tools yesterday to have the option of using inserts. Up till how, it has been mostly cemented carbide but been working on my sharpening skills so it is getting better.

Wish I would have seen this earlier! Looks like you have several extra inserts too. Nice score, me thinks!

 

[SomeGuy]

Does anyone recognize the maker on this one?

 

[Hacker]

Nice haul, enough tooling and inserts to get you started.