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Went to a garage sale this morning to investigate what looked like the headstock of a metal lathe under a pile of junk. The lathe turned out to be a rusty 12" atlas that wasn't quite what I was looking but I did find a bandsaw, Taiwanese HD drill press, AC/DC stick welder, Starret drill press vise, angle vise and a couple hundred drill bits, forge handcrank blower and a 4" aluminum bar about 20" long. All for $200, I told him it was worth more than that but because I spent an hour or so helping him sort through some stuff he said he would give me a good deal. The drill press is complete and runs smooth and quiet, 60 rpm at its slowest. The bandsaw needs a new blade and a cleaning but is in great condition. Pretty pleased with this mornings score.


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Some very nice machines you have bought (stolen)
John

and you get one of these (in a nice way)

DaveH

Too bad you'll have to spring for a new band saw blade.

I agree with the previous comments...

I'm joining in.

Ed

Ha, I will have to just suck it up I guess and go buy a new blade. I'm going to go back tomorrow and spend a bit more time going through the container, see what else I can scrounge up.

I'd be giddy with a haul like that. Even the ammo box is worth about $25 these days.

And oh yeah ...

(08-09-2014, 03:15 PM)Shawn Wrote: [ -> ]Went to a garage sale this morning to investigate what looked like the headstock of a metal lathe under a pile of junk. The lathe turned out to be a rusty 12" atlas that wasn't quite what I was looking but I did find a bandsaw, Taiwanese HD drill press, AC/DC stick welder, Starret drill press vise, angle vise and a couple hundred drill bits, forge handcrank blower and a 4" aluminum bar about 20" long. All for $200, I told him it was worth more than that but because I spent an hour or so helping him sort through some stuff he said he would give me a good deal. The drill press is complete and runs smooth and quiet, 60 rpm at its slowest. The bandsaw needs a new blade and a cleaning but is in great condition. Pretty pleased with this mornings score.


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Great haul! You could almost set up in business with that lot.


Tom

a good find