Buy a small lathe while I wait for the PM lathe to arrive??

WobblyHand said:
As for the stock, take as much as you have room for in your place. If the rack is for sale (or comes with it) grab that. It seemed pretty sturdy. It will save you from having to build one right away. Developing a good stash of material now will make a things a lot easier later. Make the seller a decent offer and clean it out. You will be doing her a favor and setting yourself up well.
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Wish I could do that... I do not have the space at this time... And it also looks like she has an offer like that for all the stock. I will just grab a couple of pieces when I am there tomorrow. But it will be some of the short pieces...

I did tell her that if the offer she got is only for the material, that I would buy that rack... I agree, having that would be great.

I really need to learn first... it will take me sometime to feel comfortable with the late. And I have stocked some small pieces of different materials to play with.

I did take, if you look at the photos, some material that it is enough to make that grinder rest (simple design) that I saw on the other threads...
 
These are the end mills, center drill countersink and drill bits that I asked her to sell all of them to me... I will need to see what would be a fair offer for all of this...

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While you are the good guy, casually ask what the stock was going for. Just because you were a good person, doesn't mean the offer isn't a low ball. Maybe you can get some nice round stock. And snag some little stuff - it all adds up. But, hey, there's only so much stuff that one can cram in one's dwelling (and remain married).

I don't know prices on used tooling. I did pay recently $3/drill for some MT2 drills, but they were from 1/2" to 3/4" and quite long. I did buy 11 of them. Hope some others can give you a better idea. There's a lot pictured. To buy it new, would cost a bunch. But it isn't new, and they are rolling around in boxes. Few hundred? 250? Anyone else know? FMV, not steal from the poor value.
 
And guess which part I will be making first :rolleyes:... Just broke in my hand... I swear officer, it was broken...

Who am I kidding... ordering the replacement part from Grizzly... lol

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WobblyHand said:
While you are the good guy, casually ask what the stock was going for. Just because you were a good person, doesn't mean the offer isn't a low ball. Maybe you can get some nice round stock. And snag some little stuff - it all adds up. But, hey, there's only so much stuff that one can cram in one's dwelling (and remain married).

I don't know prices on used tooling. I did pay recently $3/drill for some MT2 drills, but they were from 1/2" to 3/4" and quite long. I did buy 11 of them. Hope some others can give you a better idea. There's a lot pictured. To buy it new, would cost a bunch. But it isn't new, and they are rolling around in boxes. Few hundred? 250? Anyone else know? FMV, not steal from the poor value.
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That is what I was thinking... around 250-300 for the lot of drill bits, end mills, center drill bits... All of those are USA made, nothing on those bins are from elsewhere...
 
You definitely did the right thing, good for you! I just hope I have the chance to sell my stuff before I go, for my wife's sake.
 
Brento said:
What type of arbor press did you get?
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No brand on it... which makes me think it is a 1 ton Harbor Freight arbor press...

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I showed her what a new one was (some 60.00)... and gave her 35.00 for it. I was not looking for one, but it looked lonely in the corner... :D. Beside the lathe (Harbor Freight as well) and this arbor press, everything else seemed to be USA made tools...

She sold me the Kennedy toolbox for 50.00. I told her that those were in good demand and that she could get more for it... but this was one item where she insisted that I take it. I do not have a machinist toolbox so I was very exited to have one... will clean it well and leave it as is... No plans to paint it and ruin the looks...
 
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