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McMaster-Carr... again.
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I picked up a NOS Jacobs Super Chuck on eBay last week at a decent price. The little guy... 8-1/2N (0"- 1/4") is one of the "new" style chucks but  still old enough to bear the "Jacobs®USA" roll stamp. It came attached to a MT2 arbor that is in excellent condition but I want to replace it with a 1/2" straight shank to use in the mill. I found a great deal ($8) [correction: $9.90] for a LFA arbor (Made in France) from Amazon ("last one") and ordered it. 5 days later Amazon managed to lose it in transit. <sigh>

So then I turned to McMaster-Carr and looked up a 1/2-2JT arbor and went to the details page. Hmmm... Country of origin: France.  Smile
   

.pdf   LFA Straight Arbors.pdf (Size: 131.77 KB / Downloads: 3)

UPS delivered it today and once again (4th time now?) McMaster charged me $18.24 for a Chinese POS! One look and I knew. The label on the box was smudged but it had the correct LFA part number on it. Looking at the arbor I first noticed light scratches on the straight shank. Then I saw the odd part number with the first couple of characters worn off. A closer look showed a heavily rubbed area just ahead of the part number. So I put it under the shop microscope. I can still see the remains of what is left of a laser etched SHARS logo!  Rant

   
   

You can buy that Shars arbor all day long for $4 retail. Needless to say I am thoroughly pissed.


.pdf   Shars Catalog.pdf (Size: 199.36 KB / Downloads: 4)
Willie
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McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-20-2021, 11:02 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by EdK - 02-21-2021, 12:56 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by TomG - 02-21-2021, 10:49 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-21-2021, 04:46 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 02-21-2021, 09:27 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-21-2021, 11:47 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 02-22-2021, 10:24 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-22-2021, 02:21 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 02-22-2021, 03:23 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Vinny - 02-22-2021, 12:59 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 02-22-2021, 01:39 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-22-2021, 03:11 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-22-2021, 08:45 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by EdK - 02-23-2021, 06:42 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-23-2021, 08:35 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by rleete - 02-24-2021, 09:44 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-24-2021, 02:17 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 02-24-2021, 02:32 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 02-24-2021, 08:28 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 02-25-2021, 10:07 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 03-25-2021, 10:29 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by EdK - 03-26-2021, 12:42 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 03-26-2021, 01:28 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by EdK - 03-27-2021, 01:23 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by EdK - 04-06-2021, 01:47 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 04-07-2021, 12:59 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Vinny - 04-07-2021, 03:28 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 04-07-2021, 07:23 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 04-13-2021, 03:58 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by EdK - 04-14-2021, 12:32 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 04-14-2021, 02:03 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 04-14-2021, 09:34 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 04-14-2021, 07:24 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 04-15-2021, 01:28 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by EdK - 04-14-2021, 10:30 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Dr Stan - 04-15-2021, 09:49 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 04-15-2021, 11:01 AM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by rleete - 04-15-2021, 12:35 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by EdK - 04-16-2021, 07:11 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 04-16-2021, 10:11 PM
RE: McMaster-Carr... again. - by Highpower - 07-15-2021, 04:11 AM



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