$600 flat.  Almost no hours on the machine the  frosting is still on the ways

Guy used it as a  glorified drill press.

Three hours to the location in CT then  two hours to manually  roll it into a trailer.   Yah   rollers and a tiny come along. and  three hours home.

It's under a tarp  in the driveway on the trailer

 I'm bushed.

 

That ain't rust  that's dirt.  the reason for the price was the difficulty of the location and they had no way to load it.

You know, of course, if you keep this up you're gonna need a bigger basement!

 

Awesome score!!

Edited October 31, 20196 yr by lew

Did you wear a mask when you went??  Nice score!!!

They tried for weeks to  get a higher price but no one had the  je ne sais quoi  to load it on a trailer.

When I found the ad  it was 600 OBO  I didn't have the heart to low ball 'em.

3 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Did you wear a mask when you went

 

This topic moved to Old Metal Working Machinery Forum.

Geezzz...some guys just fall into it. Congrats!

What a deal...or was that a steal?  Certainly worth the trip and the loading/unloading hassle. 

On 10/31/2019 at 6:03 AM, John Morris said:

Old Metal Working Machinery Forum.

But it's not old.  I think it's 1980s vintage So maybe  we need a metal working forum.

It's not old unless its older than Al, Dadio or, me. 

12 hours ago, Cliff said:

But it's not old.  I think it's 1980s vintage So maybe  we need a metal working forum.

Well, that is a great point Cliff.

This would be a great point for Larry to chime in on. I was under the impression that a Vintage machine was 25 years or older. I could be wrong, probably am wrong. Where's Larry!

Thanks Cliff, we'll get it sorted out. But I just hated seeing your machine stuck down in Free For All, it deserved a better location. If it doesn't belong here, we'll move it to the Tools and Machinery Forum.

Thanks

@Cliff, Nice score. 

 

@John Morris, It's old enough to belong here. 

7 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

@Cliff, Nice score. 

 

@John Morris, It's old enough to belong here. 

There is an official cutoff though right Larry? I know when it comes to automotive related genres, it's 25 years considered Vintage. I have seen references to other worldly items as well as 25 years, is there an official ARN dating systems that determines if a machine can be considered vintage or not?

10 minutes ago, John Morris said:

it's 25 years considered Vintage

I am really glad they don't consider people as vintage after only 25 yrs.

Us oldsters are like fine wines. Get better with age...unless the cork rots. Then we just turn sour an moldy.

@John Morris

...John, we have ours listed as 25 years, or older.

I did a couple of quick checks and a couple of other sites have changed to 20 years or older, or no longer manufactured.

 

a gallon of Kero and  a boat load of rags and I'm still cleaning it

I took the table off    the saddle is next.

Gosh  golly  [and some things I'm not allowed to say  here  for fear the Chilluns might be warped and twisted]  THIS THING IS DIRTY~!!!!!

 

But tell  me what kind of idiot  buys a machine  with so few hours on  it that  in the middle of the table  where te most wear should be the frosting is still there and the  lead screw isn't worn  in the center either?

I'll tell ya what kind of idiot.  the kind who knows the thing hadn't been cleaned in  like 30 years and any lube in the  one shot  lube pump has turned back into Crude oil.

And yup  it's was black as  [fill in the name of the person you hate most]'s heart

 

Images are of the underside of the table

 

 

So..... How did you load it?

7 minutes ago, Kevin Beitz said:

So..... How did you load it?

My back hurts just thinking about that.

On 1/27/2020 at 10:49 AM, Kevin Beitz said:

So..... How did you load it?

steel pipe rollers, pry-bar, come-along, muscle