Curb shopping

[HARO50]

Had some errands to run this morning. Coming home, Lynn saw a small table at the curb, and asked me to go around the block for a closer look.

In reasonable shape, and it cleaned up nicely. She'll find a use for it. BUT... under the table was THIS...

Heavily encrusted with sawdust, and rather ratty-looking, but I figured I'd toss it in the truck for a closer look. Got it home, plugged it in, and... IT RUNS! Like a charm! I'll get it cleaned up and looking respectable. I'm sure I can find someone who can use it. (I already have two, a bench-top and a floor model.)

[Gene Howe]

Fabulous finds.  

[Grandpadave52]

Sweet finds and great saves John! Can't beat the prices either. 

[Gunny]

[HARO50]

Cleaned up the sander and realized... the 6" disc is missing, as well as the table. I'll have to see what I can come up with.

[Grandpadave52]

Go back and tell them they didn't toss it all out. You would appreciate if they toss the rest while you wait.

[HandyDan]

Glad to hear they put the sander under the table in case it rained.  Nice finds.

[Woodman]

Wow, that's a nice table. If it were a fiddle, I'd analyze at the encrusted perimeter of grime. A bridge table? Or more likely used by a right-handed person writing weekly notes, administering monthly business? An unassuming gentleman named Sven who lost his left foot in The War, walked with a limp, enjoyed liver and onions, and had a Bulgarian lover he saw on TUESDAYS! 

 

Sander, I want! Yes, knock on their door. Show interest in the dad's old bench and the hulking table saw. Who knows, it may something like John Morris's inherited workbench. 

 

 

[Cal]

Great saves John!

[HARO50]

11 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Go back and tell them they didn't toss it all out. You would appreciate if they toss the rest while you wait.

That's pretty much what Lynn said!

[HARO50]

4 hours ago, Woodman said:

Wow, that's a nice table. If it were a fiddle, I'd analyze at the encrusted perimeter of grime. A bridge table? Or more likely used by a right-handed person writing weekly notes, administering monthly business? An unassuming gentleman named Sven who lost his left foot in The War, walked with a limp, enjoyed liver and onions, and had a Bulgarian lover he saw on TUESDAYS! 

 

Sander, I want! Yes, knock on their door. Show interest in the dad's old bench and the hulking table saw. Who knows, it may something like John Morris's inherited workbench. 

 

 

I have no idea WHAT the table was used for. It's 25 1/2" high, which seems a bit low for a bridge table. The top is 14" wide, with two 8 1/2" wings, so opened up it's a 22" x 31" oval. There are four small brackets on the legs, which probably supported a shelf about 5" off the floor. Maybe they'll put the shelf out today, along with the sander parts! I'm DEFINITELY driving by to take a look.

   As for a workbench, I got one pretty much the way you describe. It belonged to a recently-deceased Austrian cabinet maker, but was nowhere NEAR as fancy as John's.

[Larry Buskirk]

Way to go John! 

 

 I didn't do quite as good, 

Early 50's Dunlap 4" X 36" belt drive belt sander. 

 

[HARO50]

TradeMaster. Made in Taiwan. 1992. And it's probably missing that crosswise stop thingy too!

Edited April 21, 2022 by HARO50

[Grandpadave52]

14 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

And it's probably missing that crosswise stop thingy too!

Please refrain from using all this complicated technical nomenclature jargon. Just simple terms that I can understand.

[HARO50]

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Please refrain from using all this complicated technical nomenclature jargon. Just simple terms that I can understand.

Sorry. Make that Part #CWST 6845392.

Edited April 21, 2022 by HARO50

[Woodman]

26 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Just simple terms that I can understand.

It might work. But it might not work.

[Gerald]

Nice find. I find all my special stuff at estate sales and Keep thinking what the family will get for my "stuff".

[Larry Buskirk]

9 hours ago, Gerald said:

Nice find. I find all my special stuff at estate sales and Keep thinking what the family will get for my "stuff".

 

 

If they're like mine your "Stuff" will end up out for the next "Curb Shopper". 

[Woodman]

On 4/20/2022 at 5:30 PM, HARO50 said:

I'll get it cleaned up and looking respectable.

Does that take 3" x 21" belts?  Or are the bench models different?

 

There is an old wooden milk bottle crate in a corner of that basement FILLED with the attachments and other valuable parts. 

 

Taiwan makes good stuff.  I gave an older Japanese-designed Taiwan-built TOA power-mixer-speaker to my nephew, he beats the snot out of it gigging, and it is still 100% functional.

 

Next week, if I muster the energy, this Taiwan-made Delta is mine for $50 (plus $50 gas and tolls).  Original miter slider thing, fits the groove without wiggle.  230 miles RT but it is a nice drive through mostly flat Delaware. The motor makes a "noise". The saw evidently cuts normally. Comments? Run? Hide? Get it ASAP?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gene Howe]

53 minutes ago, Woodman said:

Does that take 3" x 21" belts?  Or are the bench models different?

 

There is an old wooden milk bottle crate in a corner of that basement FILLED with the attachments and other valuable parts. 

 

Taiwan makes good stuff.  I gave an older Japanese-designed Taiwan-built TOA power-mixer-speaker to my nephew, he beats the snot out of it gigging, and it is still 100% functional.

 

Next week, if I muster the energy, this Taiwan-made Delta is mine for $50 (plus $50 gas and tolls).  Original miter slider thing, fits the groove without wiggle.  230 miles RT but it is a nice drive through mostly flat Delaware. The motor makes a "noise". The saw evidently cuts normally. Comments? Run? Hide? Get it ASAP?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go for it!