Hardware question: Is there a place like McMaster-Carr, except with cheap import junk?

[Jeff7]

Yeah, a fun question. McMaster has a great selection and all that, but their stuff is usually name-brand and pricey. For example, their set of helping hands is $26.40.

I'm mainly after cheap Harbor-Freight-quality hydraulic dampers, at least for now, along the lines of McMaster's 3743K11, but I'll likely be looking for other cheap-crap-grade components in the future.

Yay for tight budgets.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Deal Extreme?

 

[PottedMeat]

https://www.surpluscenter.com/...0815565342&catname=air ?

Hmm $70 doesn't seem like all that much though.

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Or you could just buy the good stuff.

McMaster, MSC and Grainger are all pretty good.

 

[PottedMeat]

MSC has sales from time to time.

I would have thought they could measure the stress on a drill press by watching the current into the motor -> fed back into the power feed?

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
MSC has sales from time to time.

I would have thought they could measure the stress on a drill press by watching the current into the motor -> fed back into the power feed?

These drills are entirely pneumatic.

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.surpluscenter.com/air.asp?UID=2009070815565342&catname=air">https://www.surpluscenter.c......565342&catname=air</a> ?

Hmm $70 doesn't seem like all that much though.

Neat place, thanks.
And $70 may be perfectly good, I just don't have any real point of reference for this sort of thing.

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower
Or you could just buy the good stuff.

McMaster, MSC and Grainger are all pretty good.

I've heard of MSC, but not Grainger. Thanks for that.

Yeah, normally I like to go with good-quality stuff too, but these drills were bought cheap at an auction. There were 8 drills. 4 of them work....mostly. The rest will likely need to be taken apart and thoroughly cleaned; I imagine that their guts are gummed up with oily sawdust.

So spending money on good-quality accessories for these things, whose days are already numbered, just might not be the best use of said money.

 

[moco123]

oh they have there uses but we can beat their prices and sell the same tools and equipment. give the small business a chance and you will see we are just as good. www.matthewopperman.com

 

[PottedMeat]

Did you put that website together yesterday?

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
Did you put that website together yesterday?

Heh, yeah no kidding. It's a trip back to 1990.


Anyway, another price reference to indicate that McMaster is a bit pricey.
A toggle clamp at their site, 50215A3, 475lb capacity: $80.17.
Harbor Freight, item 96238-1VGA: $5.

(Sorry for no direct links - for whatever reason, my clipboard isn't working right now, and I'm too lazy to retype the URLs.)



Edit: I just tracked down the "proper" damper that's made to fit on this particular pneumatic drill. Cost: $971.:shocked: