What Did You Buy Today?

[projectnut]

I have long lusted after a Moore #1 jig borer. I see them come up for sale every once in a while, but they’re either worn out, missing the tooling, or outrageously expensive.

Due to nothing other than procrastination a couple years ago I missed out on a fully equipped Pratt & Whitney machine in like new condition for $900.00. I’ve been kicking myself in the a** ever since then

 

[woodchucker]

sorry, I know this doesn't belong here, but I would have bought it.. ok.
Here are other pics from the area, chain falls on tracks, paired up. most all the floors of the building were wood.
I wish I knew we were in Moore Tools before I left. Now it has a brewery, art, and Cars. Downstairs is an old car place, but they bring up on one of the machine elevators some of the cars. Todays was a Porsche Roadster. The building only recently reopened, The brewery is 3 months old..

 

[coolidge]

Hi, I'm Bart and I'm a lathe addict <group replies "Hi Bart">

I didn't need it, it was 3 hours away, but the price seemed right and I couldn't say no. This is marked as a Clausing 6913, but it's actually a 6903. I have a 6913, and had another one before that....they have 48" between centers. This has 30" between centers, making it a 6903 so I guess the person stamping the data plate just made a mistake. The seller claims there is a steady rest for it that they were using on another machine at a different location, and promised to ship it to me...we'll see if that happens. I pulled the side covers off and it all seems to be there. I'm going to pull the headstock cover and take a peek before I try powering it up. It came with a nice Bison 3-J, L00 spanner, and most of the spare parts for the hydraulic lower system other than the sheaves....slave cylinder, bearing, bearing plate, shaft those ride on, etc. There's also a spare timing belt, some clutch fingers, some Bison soft jaws, a box with a set of NOS Bison top jaws, slotted face plate, dog drive plate, a couple of import BXA holders and an unrelated set of outside jaws for a 3-jaw. So far the only thing missing I can see is the tailstock quill lock collar and handle but the shaft is there.

If it powers up and everything works I'll probably spend a lot of time getting it cleaned up/fixed up and sell it for less than Burger King wages, but I have to admit I just like working on lathes. If I find a fatal flaw in the headstock it'll be a parts machine I guess, but 6900 parts are usually in demand so I can't really get hurt either way. It'll be interesting...

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How did you haul it home? I'm tempted to take off and go buy something big and heavy now and then but how to get it lifted onto a trailer at the sellers location tends to be problematic.

 

[extropic]

@woodchucker
Are you saying that the building (gallery) was previously a Moore Tools factory?

 

[G-ManBart]

How did you haul it home? I'm tempted to take off and go buy something big and heavy now and then but how to get it lifted onto a trailer at the sellers location tends to be problematic.

I have a pickup and a trailer, so that part was easy. It happened to be at a machinery dealer who put some items up for auction they just loaded it with one of their forklifts. I have a 6913 and I made a lifting plate for it with an eye bolt (you can see it in the pic) so we put a strap through the eye bolt, around one of the forklift tines and I adjusted the carriage until it was balanced. The guys doing the loading were like "well that worked nicely"...lol. I have a tracked skid steer and a forklift at home so unloading was the reverse. Once I unloaded it I was able to pick it up with my little 2T cherry picker using the eye bolt as well...it's only about a 1,400lb machine, so nothing too crazy.

 

[projectnut]

How did you haul it home? I'm tempted to take off and go buy something big and heavy now and then but how to get it lifted onto a trailer at the sellers location tends to be problematic.

If you're going to have a hobby that requires heavy machinery, you'll also need something to transport it in. About 20 years ago I purchased this trailer for $100.00. It didn't look quite the same at the time, but it was still functional enough to handle a 10,000 lb. load. Over the 20 years it's gotten a couple sets of tires, new brakes, lights, wheel bearings, fenders, springs, wood for the box, a 1-ton hoist, and most recently a load cover to minimize losing landscaping supplies when on the highway.

Its original intent was to transport my JD garden tractor or my small end loader. I think each of them got transported only a couple times before I realized they wouldn't do the work I wanted at the family cottage. However, since then it's done more than its share of transporting machine tools, landscaping supplies, firewood, brush, leaves, and just about anything else that needs to be moved from one location to another. I still have only about $1,500.00 invested it, and I'm sure I would have paid far more than that if I had to rent one every time, I wanted to move something.

It might be something to think about if you intend to purchase more machinery in the future. As a side note I started with 1 lathe built in 1916. Since then, the collection has grown to over two dozen machines.

 

[woodchucker]

@woodchucker
Are you saying that the building (gallery) was previously a Moore Tools factory?

yep

 

[seagiant]

Hi,
My Lisle 91000, after refurb!

 

[Daphharr]

Got the speed chuck in and almost mounted. Need to warm up the shop. Also broke down and got some pb swiss alan keys... still need to play around with the cam lock? Not perfect!!

 

[rwm]

I was just going to ask about the cam lock stud. I would back it out one turn and see where it lands.