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My Xmas list is 90% Spitfire parts. 
4cylndrfury wrote: back from the dead...Family wants to know what I want for Xmas...2 things on my list are a good Dial/display vernier caliper, and the other is a set of taps/dies. Family requests they be under a hundred bucks. I request they be Made in 'Merkuh. Im not having a whole lotta luck, and the made in usa sites posted in the angle grinder thread arent helping...Does GMR-land have any suggestions or have google-fu that can overcome my search ineptitude? Halp
any hits on this request^^??
My Birthday is right before Christmas, so I'm desperately trying to convince my parents that they should get me a Winch Bumper/Bull bar for my Trooper.
4cylndrfury wrote:4cylndrfury wrote: back from the dead...Family wants to know what I want for Xmas...2 things on my list are a good Dial/display vernier caliper, and the other is a set of taps/dies. Family requests they be under a hundred bucks. I request they be Made in 'Merkuh. Im not having a whole lotta luck, and the made in usa sites posted in the angle grinder thread arent helping...Does GMR-land have any suggestions or have google-fu that can overcome my search ineptitude? Halpany hits on this request^^??
I think you're going to be SOL on the Made in USA part. However, I suggest you call up http://www.rex-supply.com/cgi/CGPTHOME and talk to the sales guy there. We had a nice chat a few weeks ago when I was buying some taps, dies and handle thingies. I asked him if any of the stuff I just bought, like a left hand thread 1/2x20 tap, was available from the US. He said that there was one company left in the US that still made taps, but they cost about 4 times what everything else was. I asked him if I would be able to tap 4 times the stainless steel with one before it snapped in half and the answer was no. Everything else was not available from a US company. He has been working there since the late 70's, so he knew the business pretty well. Rex Supply is also a good place to get general machine tool stuff from, if you need it. Industrial quality stuff, not HF quality stuff, and their prices are pretty good, too.
He also, incidentally, recently bought a VW TDI and is amazed at the quality and economy of the thing, after owning American iron for decades. He gave up.
Thanks Hess, I will call em. But Im surprised - you can find industrial cutting tools (I.e. Lathe cutting bits and the like) all over, but no taps/dies? That sucks.
HERE IS A GOOD PLACE I just found that also has a good selection, and I just spoke with a sales person who was really great and seemed interested in helping. They are also very local to me, so thats a plus.
Maroon92 wrote: THIS!
Too late, My wife said she was done shopping for me so it is probably on it's way back up here
Tom Suddard wrote: My Birthday is right before Christmas, so I'm desperately trying to convince my parents that they should get me a Winch Bumper/Bull bar for my Trooper.
Pick and pull and northern tool
Wally wrote:Maroon92 wrote: THIS!Too late, My wife said she was done shopping for me so it is probably on it's way back up here
Well, you will have to give me a call when you wheel it out, I call shotgun!
Tom Suddard wrote: My Birthday is right before Christmas, so I'm desperately trying to convince my parents that they should get me a Winch Bumper/Bull bar for my Trooper.
But you can weld, so maybe you'll get some sheet steel and a couple lengths of tubing? Net effect is the same.
I already sent her a list of the different lengths, thicknesses, and types of steel I needed if she wasn't willing to spring for the pre-made bumper.
4cylndrfury wrote:4cylndrfury wrote: back from the dead...Family wants to know what I want for Xmas...2 things on my list are a good Dial/display vernier caliper, and the other is a set of taps/dies. Family requests they be under a hundred bucks. I request they be Made in 'Merkuh. Im not having a whole lotta luck, and the made in usa sites posted in the angle grinder thread arent helping...Does GMR-land have any suggestions or have google-fu that can overcome my search ineptitude? Halpany hits on this request^^??
I used these for decades, they lasted me two years @ vs. six months to a year for other brands. Mitutoyo
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