Well, I got to go to a pretty sweet little auction today.  My oldest went with me, we got a little dirty and now we have some stuff to go back and pick up.

Darcy you and I were at the same auction in Hartford City and I didn't realize it.  I saw your daughter there but I was outside bidding on lumber while you were bidding on machinery.  I'm from Hartford City so drop me an email and we'll chat about the goods and maybe I can meet you when you come down.

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Mr Green

 

pound for pound this year you are close to winning the belt. Great job on the 2 blade belt saw BTH  I would have to say your hooked That moulder looks like you might get some brusing moving it. take notes for Jim Page.

 

 

jack

English machines

I am glad you were outside.

I will let you know, I had truck problems on the way home too.  They are going to give me some extra time to get my stuff around to get down there and load that stuff up.  I am not real worried about the band saw or the planer, pallet jack and their fork lift will take care of those.  The Woods moulder is a different story.

 

Ron Dudelston said:

Darcy you and I were at the same auction in Hartford City and I didn't realize it.  I saw your daughter there but I was outside bidding on lumber while you were bidding on machinery.  I'm from Hartford City so drop me an email and we'll chat about the goods and maybe I can meet you when you come down.

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Thanks Jack.  I think I have a problem now.

That American is one sweet saw now, once it find's it's final resting place, I will shoot another video.

If I didn't buy them, they would have turned into KIA's or something.

 

I need to to go back and edit the pictures, I forgot what was going on here.

tool613 said:

Mr Green

 

pound for pound this year you are close to winning the belt. Great job on the 2 blade belt saw BTH  I would have to say your hooked That moulder looks like you might get some brusing moving it. take notes for Jim Page.

 

 

jack

English machines

Let me try pictures here:

 

the Yates planer had the grinder bar and grinder with it.

 

I bought all the heads and knives for the Woods moulder too.

 

If you run into problems let me know.  I went to school with the guy that was in charge of the sale and he's pretty easy to get along with.  I walked inside just as you bought the moulder and I thought then that is one heavy puppy.  Gimme a call on my cell.  765-499-0202.

Darcy Warner said:

I am glad you were outside.

I will let you know, I had truck problems on the way home too.  They are going to give me some extra time to get my stuff around to get down there and load that stuff up.  I am not real worried about the band saw or the planer, pallet jack and their fork lift will take care of those.  The Woods moulder is a different story.

 

Ron Dudelston said:

Darcy you and I were at the same auction in Hartford City and I didn't realize it.  I saw your daughter there but I was outside bidding on lumber while you were bidding on machinery.  I'm from Hartford City so drop me an email and we'll chat about the goods and maybe I can meet you when you come down.

 

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Ron Dudelston

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Yeah, he gave me his cell phone number too.  real nice guy, his name was Mark??  I have it all wrote down somewhere.

I will get a hold of you and let you know what is going on.  I might try and borrow a friends big flat bed truck, just make it easy.

 

Thanks

Ron Dudelston said:

If you run into problems let me know.  I went to school with the guy that was in charge of the sale and he's pretty easy to get along with.  I walked inside just as you bought the moulder and I thought then that is one heavy puppy.  Gimme a call on my cell.  765-499-0202.

Darcy Warner said:

I am glad you were outside.

I will let you know, I had truck problems on the way home too.  They are going to give me some extra time to get my stuff around to get down there and load that stuff up.  I am not real worried about the band saw or the planer, pallet jack and their fork lift will take care of those.  The Woods moulder is a different story.

 

Ron Dudelston said:

Darcy you and I were at the same auction in Hartford City and I didn't realize it.  I saw your daughter there but I was outside bidding on lumber while you were bidding on machinery.  I'm from Hartford City so drop me an email and we'll chat about the goods and maybe I can meet you when you come down.

 

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Ron Dudelston

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Yep, Mark Cooper is his name.  I have access to a 2nd lift truck if you need it.  I bet we can get it loaded.  Sure would be nioce if you had a low boy though. 

Darcy Warner said:

Yeah, he gave me his cell phone number too.  real nice guy, his name was Mark??  I have it all wrote down somewhere.

I will get a hold of you and let you know what is going on.  I might try and borrow a friends big flat bed truck, just make it easy.

 

Thanks

Ron Dudelston said:

If you run into problems let me know.  I went to school with the guy that was in charge of the sale and he's pretty easy to get along with.  I walked inside just as you bought the moulder and I thought then that is one heavy puppy.  Gimme a call on my cell.  765-499-0202.

Darcy Warner said:

I am glad you were outside.

I will let you know, I had truck problems on the way home too.  They are going to give me some extra time to get my stuff around to get down there and load that stuff up.  I am not real worried about the band saw or the planer, pallet jack and their fork lift will take care of those.  The Woods moulder is a different story.

 

Ron Dudelston said:

Darcy you and I were at the same auction in Hartford City and I didn't realize it.  I saw your daughter there but I was outside bidding on lumber while you were bidding on machinery.  I'm from Hartford City so drop me an email and we'll chat about the goods and maybe I can meet you when you come down.

 

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Ron Dudelston

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

I was thinking the loading dock would be the easiest way to get the stuff out.  That back door is a little rough going into the alley and street.

That would work too but check out all of the 2" screws in the dock well.  A guy dropped a 50# box there and didn't get them all picked up.  I probably picked up a pound and brought them home.  Don't forget to call me when you come down.

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

I got a magnet.

 

I will get with you in the next couple days.  I got to try and see what options I have to haul the with.

Either a big equipment trailer or a big flat bed.

 

Thanks Ron

 

 

Looking forward to meeting you.  Oddly I met the guy from Fort Wayne that bought the other bandsaw bit I didn't see you.  Keep in touch. 

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Darcy,

Looks like you hit the mother load with your purchases, some real Heavy Metal added to your shop there.

I'll be watching for the upcoming articles on these fine machines.

Glad to see somebody saved them.

Larry

You might think about getting a rollback wrecker to move your machine.

Dan Coleman

All I have to say is Ughhhhhh.

We left the house at about 8:45 this morning for the 70 mile drive to Hartford City.

I had an old Delta drill press on the trailer when I left.  I took it to Ron who, was going to help it makes it way to Dan Wyatt.

Once there, I scattered the troops prepping stuff in order to get it read to load.

A couple people met us there to lend a hand, mostly Ron Dudelston. 

 

I sold the JA Fay BS and that guy met us there just about the time we had the Woods stuck on the loading dock.  He is planning on restoring it and using it. I have too much going on for another project and I was happy to pass it on to someone who appreciated it. I hop he will post some pictures of it. The last date cast on it was 1868. The rims were wood as well. It was just a beautiful piece.

The Woods took almost 3 hours to load. We used a combination of a 4000lb forklift, machine skates I rented (almost worthless IMO), and 3 pallet jacks.

I had to back the F-550 onto some cribbing to get it up to the loading dock height. We managed to get both pallet jacks and the moulder stuck when it was about 3/4 of the way on the flat bed.

I did not take many pictures, I was too busy trying to monitor the circus. Ron took a lot and some video which, he will be emailing me tomorrow.

All in all, it was a good time. The guy from the city who was helping was a great guy. I got to spend the day with my oldest daughter Scout and my Father.

The Woods has three 5hp motors and two 3hp motors. I could only find a couple small repairs on it and a missing button for the stop on one of the motors.

Just a few pictures for now.

 

Stay tuned for the blog and keep in mind that Scout, Darcy's daughter, was the working foreman of the project.  Here's a teaser pic.

 

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Jack, I apologize in advance, but I need to take exception....


tool613 said:

 

pound for pound this year you are close to winning the belt.

 

 

Darcy,

              I bought a small Woods 808M a few years back in Richwood West Virginia. It was a cute little moulder and sold for my opening bid of $100. It had a nice frequency converter with it. I love that bandsaw, and that Yates planer isn't too shabby either.

Link to pictures of the Woods 808

-Arthur

 

Darcy,

              The skates can be a real challenge to get set right. Once you have them in place, you can drag a 3 ton machine by hand. The base on that moulder isn't exactly skate friendly. I have a set of 1.5" thick hard rubber pads that i put on top of the skates to keep them from slipping. At the rate you're going with acquisitions, you'll need a big forklift and a complete set of rigging tools (including skates) real soon.

 

Here's a link to the blog post on the woods moulder acquisition.

 

-Arthur


Darcy Warner said:

The Woods took almost 3 hours to load. We used a combination of a 4000lb forklift, machine skates I rented (almost worthless IMO), and 3 pallet jacks.