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Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:53 pm

I just got back from the local flea market. there was a guy there selling all sorts of scientific pnumatic parts. I scored 3 2.5 inch Glyceriene filled ashcroft guages. theguages are calabrated to 0.1% accuracy. I got two 0-100 Psi ones and one 0-160 psi one. they were only $2 a piece( the are normally $250 new) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I also got ten bloguns like the ones joel uses on the modified sprinkler valves for $1

On top of that i got 2 60000 PSI 3 way valves for $2

This guy has no clue what he is selling

Ill post pics later my camera is giving me a hard time
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Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:08 pm

maybe he took out little springs and crap out of the stuff he was selling for his own little projects :lol:

no, not likely, but what r u gonna use the 3 way valves for? imagine the possiblities for cool parts like that.
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Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:16 pm

All the flea markets here suck wang. Just some mexicans selling rugs and sh*t. Those are some good deals you got. I got 7 3ways off of ebay and they were also 2$. They were made of some fairly hard plastic, what are yours made out of?

Huse_Spud, 3-ways can be used for propane metering which is nice since it only requires you to move one lever instead of the normal two.
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Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:16 pm

single valve high pressure dart gun with un regulated nitrogen service

everything works fine . . . .
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Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:18 pm

oh mine are made of a solid block of stainless steel . . . . . . .
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:04 am

So you got Grade 4A 2.5" gauges for $2 a peice? I hate you :D

The flea market I normally go to sucks ass all of a sudden, they used to have gauges and blowguns for like $2 each, but I guess the guy stopped coming...

I have to go to this giant one like 2 hours away now to get good stuff, but they sell schraders for like $1, gauges for $1.5, and blowguns for like $1...
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:37 am

the guages are extremely accurate. i hooked them all together on a manafold and the all had the same reading
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:44 am

my friend got about 400 taps and 10 dies for five bucks from some tool yard sale. he got a whole bunch of other stuff too included in that five dollar deal but im not sure what. most of the taps were new too.
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:47 am

400 taps? are they good ones or just... meh? Taps and dies cost a shitload.... a die is like 25 dollars for a good one...
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:04 pm

yeah i know its crazy. yeah they are good ones, all npt but there are alot of doubles which he gave to me :) . but he has one that looks like its about one inch. it looks like it would have costed 100 bucks new or more. i almost peed my pants when i saw all the stuff he got for five dollars.
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:22 pm

Is it possible that the guy stole the stuff and did'nt know how much it was worth?
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:27 pm

the guys dad died and he was selling his tools. guess he still didnt know how much it was worth. he just wanted to get rid of the stuff. i think his dad that died took them from his work a long time ago though. they might be stolen like two generations ago.
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:10 pm

Ohh that is a good deal, what sizes were they and would you sell some.
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:23 pm

im not sure i would have to check. my friend probably has about any npt size you could ask for. ill ask him if he would sell you any cause i have no clue how to sell things online and he has a muuuuuuuuch bigger selection.
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Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:34 pm

if you mall me a check or something i guess i could sell you some stuff i could only sell you the doubles i have left which is about 100 you can email me about them at fenderfreak35@inbox.com the selling will be first come first serve
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