Tool Morse taper drill bits

[trlvn]

@KeeponDragon I have a P&N (Australia) drill amongst my odds and sods.

@140mower How many Morse taper sizes do you have? I was looking on the KBC Tools site and their MT1 drills go up to 35/64". MT2 go up to 29/32" while MT3 top out at 1-1/2". Since my little lathe has an MT2 in the tailstock, I can't make use of anything larger.

BTW, I see that the MT specs go from MT0 to MT7:

Machine Tool Shanks (Tapers)

Craig

 

[140mower]

@KeeponDragon I have a P&N (Australia) drill amongst my odds and sods.

@140mower How many Morse taper sizes do you have? I was looking on the KBC Tools site and their MT1 drills go up to 35/64". MT2 go up to 29/32" while MT3 top out at 1-1/2". Since my little lathe has an MT2 in the tailstock, I can't make use of anything larger.

BTW, I see that the MT specs go from MT0 to MT7:

Machine Tool Shanks (Tapers)

Craig

I have been pretty busy since I brought them home and I haven't really gone through them. They are all metric and mostly mt1 & mt2. I have 2 lathes and a shaper spread across the shop floor right now, so I don't dare bring out any more stuff for a while.

 

[trlvn]

No Morse taper bits for me. The site hosting the auction, hibid.com, was unreachable for about 1/2 hour while the lots I was interested in were closing. (Arghh!) This is the same web company that was knocked off line 2 years ago during a ransomware attach:

HiBid hacked? Do they have your credit card number?

In Ontario, hibid.com is the platform behind most (all?) of the online auctions in my area...and they've been unreachable since Thursday last week. Apparently hacked and being held for ransom. There seems to be little public information on this situation so far. The attack is apparently...

canadianhobbymetalworkers.com

What a pain in the @ss. The auctioneer (Bartlett in Jarvis, ON) was useless, too. I emailed him immediately when the site began reporting network errors. He didn't respond until after the auction was over and basically shrugged his shoulders. It happened that there was another auction closing at the exact same time. That auctioneer paused the auction until the problem was under control. Then that auction resumed with the same about of time remaining as before the pause. Bartlett was apparently too clueless to do the same.

This really makes me rethink using online auctions on Hibid. I've always been concerned that there is little way to know other bidders are real or not. If I enter a "Max" bid sometime before the auction close, how do I know that the auctioneer isn't using that to have phantom bidders run the price up basically to my max?

<Grumble>

Craig

 

[Susquatch]

This really makes me rethink using online auctions on Hibid. I've always been concerned that there is little way to know other bidders are real or not. If I enter a "Max" bid sometime before the auction close, how do I know that the auctioneer isn't using that to have phantom bidders run the price up basically to my max?

I never use the max bid feature. I bid live just like a real auction. That way they never know when I will quit until I do.

 

[trlvn]

I never use the max bid feature. I bid live just like a real auction. That way they never know when I will quit until I do.

I tend to agree but sometimes there are multiple lots all closing within minutes of each other. And the order of closing can get quite confusing as lots get auto-extended due to bids in the last 3 minutes. I've had it where a lot I was interested in closed before it made it into the visible part of the screen so I missed bidding on it.

BTW, Hibid normally sends an email when you've been outbid. ALL such emails from last night's auction arrived...this morning! Fat lot of use that was.

Craig

 

[Susquatch]

I tend to agree but sometimes there are multiple lots all closing within minutes of each other. And the order of closing can get quite confusing as lots get auto-extended due to bids in the last 3 minutes. I've had it where a lot I was interested in closed before it made it into the visible part of the screen so I missed bidding on it.

Yes, I've had that problem too. In those cases, I have put a max bid in too, but usually I just prioritize what I want and let the others go.

Imagine doing all that on a snail connection.

Frankly, I hate online auctions, but they are here to stay.

BTW, Hibid normally sends an email when you've been outbid. ALL such emails from last night's auction arrived...this morning! Fat lot of use that was.

Craig

I get that BS too. I feel your pain. That's another reason I try to bid live. You can see right away when you have been outbid.

 

[Hacker]

The way I look at it if they are going to game the system they can do it whether it is live or maximum bidding. I put in what I am willing to pay for it in maximum bid and leave it at that. Sometimes I win, but mostly I am finding out I am too cheap.