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Offline MadNick

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Federal DTI refurb
« on: December 29, 2011, 02:36:43 PM »
Evening,

I found this at the local car boot sale.



The action was a bit stiff and the lense misted with water.

I brought it home, let it dry in the airing cupboard for a couple of days, sprayed some TF2 onto the plunger and wayhey, a little DTI which is a great size for mounting on the toolpost and checking for centring up with the four jaw.

Cost? £1.

Nick
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Offline Stilldrillin

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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 03:03:22 PM »
Nicely done Nick!  :clap: :clap:

My sort of bargain......  :thumbup:

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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2011, 04:16:57 PM »
HI nice find their is a big boot sale not that far a way from me and most of my tooling has cum from their the most i have spent so far is £5 for a tool chest the trouble is i can not resist a bargen and i hate seeing tools with plenty of life left in them lying in crap if i have one 0 to1" mike i have 10 the latest tool was a clock bracket for the tool post all for the sum of 20p see pic 
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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2012, 04:21:07 AM »
A very nice find!

I wouldnt know what that was for and thats the advantage over the seller that you had.

When I bought my lathe I had no tooling whatsoever, nothing. I kept picking up bits and pieces, morse tapers, HSS, dormer drills, taps/dies - the list goes on.

Well worth the effort to get up early.

Nick
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Offline AussieJimG

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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2012, 05:20:26 AM »
Well done Nick, what is TF2?

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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2012, 04:26:03 PM »
HI just sum of the things i have gotten from the boot sale
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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2012, 10:16:55 AM »
@Jim, its an aerosol spray with Teflon in it. I use it on my pushbikes.

Nick
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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2012, 06:41:52 PM »
Thanks Nick, I will keep an eye out for it. :ddb:

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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2012, 12:25:01 PM »
Jim, im sure a drop of oil would do the job.

@Krv - are you going to tell us how much you paid for your booty?!

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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2012, 02:14:04 PM »
Thanks Nick, I used graphite powder and that worked. I just wondered if there was something better.

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Re: Federal DTI refurb
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2012, 03:18:54 AM »
HI well the tool chest was £5 and the DTI was £1.50 i made the box for it  I got a set of angel gages for £2.50 the gages still had the paper on them. the last boot sale before Xmas their was a feller selling a tub of go no go thread gages male and female i wood of had them but they where imperial he only wonted £5 for the lot I got a set of V blocks with clamps of him for £2 their where still in the box and covered with grease where he worked the work shop cleaned out ready for new cnc mashens to go in after Xmas and he rescued the lot from the skip
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