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I've been looking for a surface grinder on craigslist for some time now, and a DoAll dh612 came up for $400 so I bugged my dad enough to have a look at it. It seems like a good machine but didn't get to try it out because the shop was too cold, but he showed me a few parts he ground on it and they looked good. He mentioned his friend had a South Bend for sale for 850 also, so we drove down with him to have a look. It's a SB 13" with a 5' bed. Taper att, collet setup, 3 and 4 jaw chucks, faceplate, Aloris (BXA?) TP with several holders. All for 850! Plus the lathe is already wired for 110v 1ph
Talking with my dad we have decided to purchase both machines. I can pay for the grinder myself but dad will have to lend me money for the lathe. As soon as I jet a job my first priority is paying him back.
There might also be a Starrett 12" vernier height gauge in the mix for cheap, and they might throw a 3ph motor in the mix for me to make a rotary phase converter!
The seller worked with my grandfather at Xerox, we didn't know that until we called him. It was purely coincidence. He even knew his favorite sayings.
Hopefully the moving will go well, the grinder is 900# and the SB is 1600#. A friend is loaning us a trailer and the seller has a large Kubota lawn tractor with front end loader to help us load it. Getting it off the trailer is easy with the JD410....hopefully!!!
Updated and pics coming soon! Now I have to go make two spaces in the shop.......:thinking: I thought it was already packed!
Talking with my dad we have decided to purchase both machines. I can pay for the grinder myself but dad will have to lend me money for the lathe. As soon as I jet a job my first priority is paying him back.
There might also be a Starrett 12" vernier height gauge in the mix for cheap, and they might throw a 3ph motor in the mix for me to make a rotary phase converter!
The seller worked with my grandfather at Xerox, we didn't know that until we called him. It was purely coincidence. He even knew his favorite sayings.
Hopefully the moving will go well, the grinder is 900# and the SB is 1600#. A friend is loaning us a trailer and the seller has a large Kubota lawn tractor with front end loader to help us load it. Getting it off the trailer is easy with the JD410....hopefully!!!
Updated and pics coming soon! Now I have to go make two spaces in the shop.......:thinking: I thought it was already packed!
