Small metal planer in CA

eeler1 said:
looks like outside exposure to the salt air may have had an effect.
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I am pretty sure the same planer was a give away 2-3 years ago, the seller tried to sell it for a few hundred, IIRC, and finally just said "take it away." I guess it gained value sitting out in the rain, mud, and sun since then. If you look at the seller's other ads, he is a dealer...
 
eeler1 said:
if anybody felt like they missed out on this one, all is not lost;

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/for/d/metal-planer-powell-machine/6568466743.html

looks like outside exposure to the salt air may have had an effect.
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I made this guy a reasonable offer for that machine about a year ago, and was turned down. Unless you want to give that 1000 dollars (which I don't think that machine is worth) then don't bother calling him. I offered 600, which I think is quite a fair price for that machine. I figure about scrap metal price on the ground is more than fair for machines in that bad of shape. That way you are paying close to bottom dollar and the seller doesn't have to worry about you scrapping it, since by the time you get it to the breaker, you will have lost the transport cost.
 
That one will really need a dedicated person to get it back to useable condition. About a thousand plus hrs. And another $5k in parts and special operations. She's really a boat anchor almost.
 
Almost, a boat anchor ??? I believe in restoring old iron but the cost of doing that one
would be like pizzin in the wind..........JMO.........
 
I'm local and saw this several months ago and he was asking $2,000. Even posted the same picture in the forum somewhere. I'm glad someone on the forum got it and for a much more reasonable price IMHO. When I saw it, it was only on the local CL for a couple of days and I speculated it had been bought by a collector. It also didn't have that extensive description which CL doesn't seem to make folks worry about like eBay does. But I could guess it had to need some work being that old and I don't have the space or the time. Luckily it wasn't that price or I would have bit off more than I could chew.

Congrats cjtoombs and best of luck!
 
Well, I got it home. I'll post some pics, I'll probably start a new thread in the Antique machinery forum for this.
 
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