I recently responded to a local craigslist ad for some machinery for sale. I found a young man who was selling his deceased grandfather's shop. He had no clue about what things were worth. It looked like he needed the money and I did not want to see him get ripped off. So I helped him sort out the piles of tooling and organize things for sale. I also gave him ballpark figures for what things were worth. I went through many toolboxes and gathered things into piles. When i was done I think I found about a 12 different micrometers stashed away.
I am not a knifemaker and I am not familiar with the prices. There were three knife grinders there and a small heat treating furnace. One of the knife grinders was a Burr King. It was a basic model but with a variable speed control. I did not recognize the other two models but they both had variable speed control.
I would like to know what the ballpark figures are for knife grinders so that he could have a good starting price. I saw another ad where a nice Burr King was re-listed a few times and he was asking $250 for it. So I think these are worth a little less. Same question about the little heat-treat furnace.
All of these items are in the Detroit area.
I am not a knifemaker and I am not familiar with the prices. There were three knife grinders there and a small heat treating furnace. One of the knife grinders was a Burr King. It was a basic model but with a variable speed control. I did not recognize the other two models but they both had variable speed control.
I would like to know what the ballpark figures are for knife grinders so that he could have a good starting price. I saw another ad where a nice Burr King was re-listed a few times and he was asking $250 for it. So I think these are worth a little less. Same question about the little heat-treat furnace.
All of these items are in the Detroit area.