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Dealmonger: Granite Surface Plate For $110

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Granite Surface Plate

If you do any kind of machining or part-making, you need to check your accuracy on an absolutely flat surface, like this 24″x24″ black granite surface plate from Grizzly. For only $110 you get a grade B, non-magnetic, abrasive-resistant, corrosion- and warp-resistant, easy to clean surface with a +/- tolerance of .00015 inches. The plate weighs 234 lbs, so you’ll pay around $100 for shipping — but even for $210 it’s a sweet deal.

24″ x 24″ Granite Plate [Grizzly]
Street Pricing [Google Products]

Posted in Dealmonger, Grizzly, Measuring, Metalworking | 4 Comments »

Make A Lathe Out Of Your Drill Press

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Drill Press Lathe

Grizzly sells a jig that lets you turn blanks up to 24″ long in any drill press with a hole through the table. It’s a great low-cost alternative to a lathe — especially if you don’t do enough turning to justify the expense of a dedicated tool.

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Dealmonger: Free Gift With Grizzly Industrial Purchase

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Grizzly Industrial Free Gift Promotion

If you haven’t checked out Grizzly Industrial Inc., I highly recommend it. They have a great selection of woodworking and metal working tools — even guitar-making kits! – at reasonable prices.  And now they’re offering a free gift with every purchase. You can even choose the gift you want; for purchases under $100, your choices include PVC electrician’s tape, 9/32″ cable clips, and “heavy duty” leather work gloves. Drop more cash, $100 - $250, and you could walk away with 10″ left cutting tin snips, a 14″ pipe wrench, or a 10-watt mini glue gun, to name a few options.  Really big spenders might bring home a 6″ bench grinder, a Smith & Wesson 6-piece gunsmithing screwdriver set, a 29-piece 1/2″ drive socket set, or even a piano stool.

Corporate Site [Grizzly Industrial]
Free Gifts [Grizzly Industrial]

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Get Centered With A Transfer Punch

Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Grizzly Transfer Punch

A transfer punch fits snugly in an existing hole and precisely transfers the center of the hole to another surface when you strike it. You could just use a pencil to mark the hole; but then the holes don’t always align perfectly, which can be a huge PITA.  When your holes absolutely, positively have to line up, grab a transfer punch set.

Because they’re designed to precisely fit in the hole, these punches are straight along the entire length, not tapered like most punches. This set from Grizzly includes 28 4-7/8″ long punches for hole sizes ranging from 3/32″ to 1/2″ by increments of 1/64.”  The punches are slightly undersized so as not to bind in the holes.

You can get the Grizzly set or one like it for about $11 at many tool shops.

Transfer Punch Set [Grizzly]
Street Pricing [Google Products]
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All Dressed Up and Nothing To Grind

Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Grizzly Wheel Dressing Tool

There’s nothing glamorous about a wheel dresser, but if you own a tool with a grinding wheel, you need one. A wheel dresser removes the buildup of crud on the grinding surface, exposing new grains for better cutting performance. You can also use it to square the face of the wheel when it isn’t running true.

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Crisp, Clean Hinge Mortise Corners

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Corner chisel

Sure, you could cut hinge mortises with a router and a template, then finish ‘em off with a plain ‘ole chisel. But unless you’re a practiced woodworker, the results can look, well, less than perfect. What you really need is a corner chisel. Just place the corner chisel in the corner of the mortise, strike it with a hammer, and clean out the waste with a standard chisel – perfectly square corners every time.

And with Amazon selling the Grizzly corner chisel for $6, there is no excuse for sloppy looking mortises.

Corner Chisel [Manufacturer]
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Grizzly’s Router Speed Control

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Grizzly G3555 Router Speed Control - 20 Amp

As routers have become more powerful, woodworkers have begun using them to perform tasks they could previously accomplish only using a shaper with larger bits. But the cutters of larger bits must turn at slower speeds since they move faster with respect to the wood. Thankfully many new routers include a speed control, but if you’re trusty old one doesn’t, you might want to consider picking up a router speed control — like Grizzly’s G3555.

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A Radial Drill Press With Serious Freedom Of Movement

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
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I’ve only seen a few radial-head drill presses, but most of the ones I’ve seen rotate around an axis running directly through the center of the head.  This radial press from Grizzly caught my eye because it rotates around a lower axis.  In fact, you can also control the distance between the chuck and the axis.

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