Cold Metals Wishlist

Tools members would like to see in the cold metals area.

Low ticket items

• Parts washer (solvent type)
• Ultrasonic parts washer
• Slip roller
• Stomp shear
• Cold cut saw
• dimple dies, knock out punches (could be hot metals or cold)
• better selection of metric taps and dies
• Mag base drill
• Drill bits
  • Common sizes #4 to 1in
  • Metric 1mm to 30mm
  • Left hand
• Screw extractors
• 1/2" Shoulder nuts for work clamping
• metrology gear (calipers indicators etc),
• sharp end mills,
• insert mill tools and matching inserts,
• a set of insert lathe tools and new inserts to suit,
• several full sets of allen keys,
• Several full sets of box end wrenches
• Several full sets of screw drivers
• Several carbide scribes
• Several NEW files
• new set of quality r8 collets
• collet closer for the lathe, and matching collets
• few sets of high quality punches
• few automatic spring punches
• deep throat sheet metal punch
• ring shear
• angle iron shear
• angle iron notcher
• angle iron bender
• rod cutter
• Several full work tables with clear surfaces.
• Bead roller
• metal shrinker & stretcher
• english wheel
• diamond indenter for the Rockwell hardness tester

Big ticket items

• Working CNC mill/vmc (yes there is a working group trying to make the bridgeport go a tormach PCNC 700 with all the bells and whistles would be ~$20k)
• CNC Lathe (Tormach ready to go is ~$17k)
• 20+ in swing lathe
• 50ton hydraulic press
• horizontal mill (K&T or cincinnati)