{"id":40,"date":"2015-09-10T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/workshop\/2015\/09\/10\/recent-pc-and-non-pc-purchases\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T09:55:22","slug":"recent-pc-and-non-pc-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/workshop\/2015\/09\/recent-pc-and-non-pc-purchases.html","title":{"rendered":"Recent PC and non PC Purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have recently returned from our family holiday in Orlando Florida, where as usual I used the US trip as an excuse to stock up on a few items that are cheaper, or simply not available on this side of the pond.<\/p>\n

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Electrostaticmagic<\/a>\u00a0want \u00a3239.00 ($370.00) for what looks like a\u00a0Frost<\/a>\u00a0kit that you can buy direct for \u00a3124.96 ($194.00), which is still rather more than I was willing to pay.<\/div>\n
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So the first item on my shopping list was an air assisted Powder Coating system from Harbor Freight<\/a>\u00a0at $65.99 (\u00a342.50) along with some Black, Red White and Yellow media at $5.99 (\u00a33.80) each for 16oz (453g).<\/p>\n
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Although this is a 110V\/60Hz unit, I will run it off my 110V\/50Hz site transformer and I am entirely confident that it will work just fine, just like many of my other US bought 110V tools do.<\/div>\n
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There are also a bunch of potential upgrades for the\u00a0Harbor Freight<\/a>\u00a0version detailed over at diyAudio<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Next up was a load of imperial taps, 44 in total, ranging from 1\/4-28 to 15\/16-16 for $29.99 (\u00a319.51), the set included standard, spiral and roll taps for many of the smaller sizes.<\/div>\n
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The main reason for the purchase was for the 15\/16-16 spiral tap that this is the same thread as on the Roton ballscrew nuts, and this was one of the cheapest ways of buying one.<\/p>\n
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I also bought a set of 7 pipe thread taps ranging from 1\/16-27 to 1-11 1\/2 for $39.99 (\u00a326.00) as these are always handy for compression type fittings, many of which I have on various parts of my Beach Buggy<\/a> oil and fuel lines.<\/p>\n
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I bought a 1″ toolmakers vice from\u00a0ebay<\/a>\u00a0seller jtsmachinery<\/a> for $25.95 (\u00a316.88) to go with the 2″ one I brought back last year.<\/p>\n
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I also bought a few other milling cutters and arbours from the same seller.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On my return I paid a visit to\u00a0Aldi<\/a>\u00a0as they had sent out a flyer that said their Multi purpose circular saw was back in stock at \u00a329.99 ($46.50) and having read good things about it on Mike Cox’s<\/a> site decided I would buy one.<\/p>\n
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It came with a flyer for additional blades at \u00a312.00 ($18.60)for 2 or \u00a317.00 ($26.35) for 3 with \u00a36.00 ($9.30) P&P!<\/div>\n
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Now that sounded extremely expensive for replacement blades, so a quick search on ebay<\/a> and aliexpress<\/a>\u00a0showed up some 110mm 40 tooth 20mm bore slitting saws suitable for up to 10K rpm for $3.70 (\u00a32.45) each with free shipping, which to my mind is a much more sensible price.<\/div>\n
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Whilst I was there I also bought a mini toaster oven for \u00a319.99 ($31.00) that had been on offer about a week ago but was still in stock.<\/p>\n
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This will be useful for curing the powder coated parts, as I am sure my wife will not want them anywhere near the kitchen oven :o)<\/div>\n
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