Recent content by mazak mark

I picked up a home foundry last week at a local auction. I got 8 various sized casting flasks, Johnson melting furnace with console, Mini Mite sand muller and 6 Pexto stake anvils for $670.00

I picked this 1hp grinder off craigslist yesterday for $50 but it was a 3 1/2 hour drive round trip.

A good week I picked up a Ridgid 918 groover for 300 and a Ridgid 700 power drive with a 141 threading head for 300

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I saw a craigslist ad and went to look at a hose crimper, I came home with 5, 3 Eaton ET1000s , 1 Gates 4-20 and 1 RYCO 160. The RYCO has never been used all have pumps and dies.

A nice craigslist find today, a Greenlee 884-5 pipe bender and two shoes and follow rods also 1 lone 3" follow rod to an 885 TE. The hydraulic pump is 10000 psi. The pipe bending shoes are from 3 1/2 to 1 1/4 I sat my 10 1/2 shoe on one for size reference. Got it all for $200.00

I picked up a pile of striking and tubular wrenches at a sale today, the brands are Armstrong, Proto, Wright, Williams and a couple others. The striking wrenches range from 3" to 1 7/8 the tubular wrenches 2 3/8" and down with a 12" and 24" tubular handles, 70 dollars for the pile.

Craigslist score an hour ago, A Ridgid 12r thread set 1/2 to 2" dies. He only threaded two 2" threads with it. Picked it up for $160.00

A Craigslist score this afternoon a Stihl TS-420 concrete saw , very little use for $200.00

I scored my second Ridgid 535 off craigslist yesterday in 4 weeks for 600.00. Came with a 12R and 2 dies a 00R and 3 dies a 31A and a 65r-tc and a ammo box with 12 sets of dies for the 815 die head on the 535.

I saw this strange little 3" vise on craigslist tonight

I want to thank everyone for the help. I cleaned it up today and cut a couple 1 inch threads and it worked great! Thanks, Again

The old 535's had an oil tube this model does not !

I picked up a Ridgid 535 off craigslist yesterday for $500.00 and very happy about it. My question is where does the cutting oil come out at ? Thanks

Good eye ,1970 GMC. I have no idea what I am going to do with rig tongs but I love to find big heavy rusty tools!