Entire shop packed full of VERY cool old machinery! (Harrisburg PA)

[Mill Lee farm]

Machine Tools - heavy equipment - by owner - sale

The following machine tools are for sale. The ad will be updated with more equipment, photos, and details. I'm gradually placing prices on the machines as they are being evaluated. 1. Nichols Hand...

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Someone please identify all this cool stuff!!!
(& maybe rescue it?)

From the ad:

The following machine tools are for sale. The ad will be updated with more equipment, photos, and details.
I'm gradually placing prices on the machines as they are being evaluated. (We would also consider a "barter deal" for the industrial sized roofing work that needs to be accomplished at this plant)

At this time, interested buyers can view the items through an appointment. If interested, please provide your name and phone number and any offer(s) for the equipment. Thank you for your interest.

1. Turret Lathe - No. 5 Warner Swasey (1) $3500
2. Turret Lathe - No. 4 Warner Swasey (2) $3000 Each
3. Nichols Hand Mill. (If the mill is bought without the vertical adapter and the vise we can negotiate a much better price for the mill) $1000
4. Heald Bore-Matic Horizontal Boring Machine No. 46-B $2000
5. Cincinnati Vertical Milling Machine, No. 5, 20" x 94" table $29,750
6. Bridgeport Step Cone Pulley Driven Lathe, 18" Swing, 8' Bed
7. Reed Prentice Corp Engine Lathe 14" Swing, 101" Bed, Sliding Gearhead
8. Cincinnati Hydro-Matic "DUPLEX" Horizontal Mill; Ravine Machinery Tag #1328) $10,000
9. Barbara Coleman Hobbing Gear Machine No.12
10. Brown & Sharpe Gear Cutter
11. Hendey Step Cone Pulley Lathe, 15" Swing, 76" Bed
12. Avey Size 1 Drill Press, Floor Type 18", Sherritt Stoer Co Phili Pa
13. Fosdick Jig Borer, Table: 18" X 36", 36" Capacity
14. Toolroom Universal Horizontal Milling Machine No.13
15. Camel Back Drill Press, Size 20", Wb Knight Machinery Co St Louis Mo No.83
16. Palatek and Ingersoll Rand screw compressors, controls, 50 HP Motors for parts $2,000 (see related Craigslist ad)
17 Mac Turn 30 Tool Holders $1000 (see related Craigslist ad)

 

[Mill Lee farm]

I really want to ask if I can get a tour! LOL

 

[mmcmdl]

Out of my price range , and these all look like antique machines . Not really suitable for a hobby shop or a production shop these days . He'll have a very hard time selling these I'm sure .

 

[Mill Lee farm]

Agreed.
I’ve never seen Warner Swasey in person (think they’re quite large/heavy?) but thought they were quality lathes? Like you said, the majority of this stuff seems TOO large for “us”….

And I think I’d be buying CNC stuff before spending $30k on that awesome Cincinnati…

But the entirety of the shop fascinates me!

I wonder what’s happening with the bulk of small stuff laying around everywhere?

 

[682bear]

Way too much money... especially for the Cincinnatti...

I've spent quite a few hours running a Warner Swasey turret lathe... in my opinion... this is just my opinion... it is a large, heavy, cumbersome machine... it is the only lathe I've ever operated that I absolutely hated...

Just my opinion...

I agree with Dave... he will have a hard time selling most of that machinery.

OTOH, there is a Hendey Tie bar lathe there... but no price on it yet.

-Bear