What Did You Buy Today?

Locally a guy was closing his mold making shop (second one around here in a couple months) and was just wanting to get rid of things. I spent a day agonizing over a beautiful 1740 Osama Sr. lathe with a huge range of accessories and tooling, including a hydraulic tracer...he wanted $4000 for the works. But it was just too big for the space I have and the logistics of moving were formidable. Instead, I bought a really stout 24" Rockwell EFI-2 drill press, in excellent condition, 1200 pounds, apparently, and a big roll around cabinet with maybe a dozen drawers crammed with (big) taper drills, reamers, etc. Didn't even look through all the drawers because he offered it all to me for $300. The cabinet empty seemed worth that, so the contents and the drill press were free. I will post pictures of that when I get it all home the end of next week.

But also, he sold me a Hamilton drafting table, powered up and down lift, with a Vemco drafting machine, both in perfect shape, for $100. While I have SolidWorks, all my life I've wanted a drafting machine and never took the plunge...I think there are times that a quick pencil sketch/drawing is easier than CAD, we'll see. I'll post that too. And a terrific amount of metal stock, lots of brass rods and plate, stainless, etc. 200 pounds for $200.

And what was most appreciated, he gave me an amazing collection of old vacuum tubes that I hung in my lab. Picture below.

While I hate to see these shops closing, I'm happy to recycle the equipment to a good home...I can imagine doing that myself in a decade or two.

P.S. that's my favorite picture with Chuck Yeager...I'm the big guy on the left. We flew down to Edwards AFB so he could speak to the test pilot graduating class. "Sloppy Joe", on the right side was our base escort.

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Winegrower said:
Locally a guy was closing his mold making shop (second one around here in a couple months) and was just wanting to get rid of things. I spent a day agonizing over a beautiful 1740 Osama Sr. lathe with a huge range of accessories and tooling, including a hydraulic tracer...he wanted $4000 for the works. But it was just too big for the space I have and the logistics of moving were formidable. Instead, I bought a really stout 24" Rockwell EFI-2 drill press, in excellent condition, 1200 pounds, apparently, and a big roll around cabinet with maybe a dozen drawers crammed with (big) taper drills, reamers, etc. Didn't even look through all the drawers because he offered it all to me for $300. The cabinet empty seemed worth that, so the contents and the drill press were free. I will post pictures of that when I get it all home the end of next week.

But also, he sold me a Hamilton drafting table, powered up and down lift, with a Vemco drafting machine, both in perfect shape, for $100. While I have SolidWorks, all my life I've wanted a drafting machine and never took the plunge...I think there are times that a quick pencil sketch/drawing is easier than CAD, we'll see. I'll post that too. And a terrific amount of metal stock, lots of brass rods and plate, stainless, etc. 200 pounds for $200.

And what was most appreciated, he gave me an amazing collection of old vacuum tubes that I hung in my lab. Picture below.

While I hate to see these shops closing, I'm happy to recycle the equipment to a good home...I can imagine doing that myself in a decade or two.

P.S. that's my favorite picture with Chuck Yeager...I'm the big guy on the left. We flew down to Edwards AFB so he could speak to the test pilot graduating class. "Sloppy Joe", on the right side was our base escort.

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Being a fan of really Good drill presses I looked up the Rockwell EFI-2 and found this video on youtube.


Wow!
I'm happy for you but you definately rate a "you suck" lable for that score!
 
Picked up a few things. I liked the metal case for the Mic. The stone I will have to research. I think it is a JNat.

Edit The stone is a Turkish oilstone. A very cool stone to find.
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Cutting oil is my blood.
 
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Locally a guy was closing his mold making shop
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As a continuation of the above thread, here are some of the items I got from the seller. First, a Hamilton power lift drafting table with a Vemco drafting machine. Always wanted one. There is a toe switch at the bottom front that gives it maybe 20" of vertical adjust. It seems like a lot...from too low to too high, so something for everybody.

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Then, the Rockwell EFI drill press came with a cabinet full of an amazing assortment of taper drills, adapters, reamers and so on. Here are some shots of the drill collection, starting with two drill indexes, one of MT4, 1/2 to 1" and one of MT2, 1/2 to 3/4

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Then, an array of larger MT4 drills:
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And more, no room to lay them out. Some are brand new:

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And reamers:

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And even an over/under set...missing the 1/8", but they may be somewhere in the boxes:

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And more smaller reamers:

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There are a bunch of taper adapters...on the left are MT4 to MT2, on the right are MT4 to MT3. There is an MT1 to MT2 as well., and the 1/2" Jacobs that came with the drill press:

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Also, a random set of small drills, some in envelopes and some loose:

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Note all the above come with a terrific cabinet with a bunch of drawers. All this stuff fits loosely with about half the drawers left over.
While I was loading this, the seller pulled out a vise that I also had to have....$100. It's a perfect match to the drill press...it slides smoothly open and close, the knob tightens it by moving the jaw closed slightly...he said it was hydraulic, maybe so.

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Overall, the seller was happy, I'm happy. I can see him becoming a friend and coming over to use some of his stuff. This is a small town and we know quite a few of the same folks.

Interestingly, he said that after I had picked up the drawing equipment, another guy showed up who thought he had been promised the same stuff. I'm happy I acted quickly.

I've had some pretty good scores, here's what I've learned:

1) Show up fast...none of this "OK, I'll probably buy it. How about I come over on Friday".
2) Don't be an a-hole and tell stories about how great you are and the wonderful stuff you've done and had.
3) Be respectful. Don't buy the stuff to put on eBay. I think the seller wants his stuff to be used in a good home.
4) Have cash, at least enough to put a deposit on anything that can't be taken immediately.
5) For verbal deals, sketch out on an envelope the vitals and make a copy for both parties.

Happy hunting.
 
Winegrower said:
As a continuation of the above thread, here are some of the items I got from the seller. First, a Hamilton power lift drafting table with a Vemco drafting machine. Always wanted one. There is a toe switch at the bottom front that gives it maybe 20" of vertical adjust. It seems like a lot...from too low to too high, so something for everybody.

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Then, the Rockwell EFI drill press came with a cabinet full of an amazing assortment of taper drills, adapters, reamers and so on. Here are some shots of the drill collection, starting with two drill indexes, one of MT4, 1/2 to 1" and one of MT2, 1/2 to 3/4

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Then, an array of larger MT4 drills:
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And more, no room to lay them out. Some are brand new:

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And reamers:

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And even an over/under set...missing the 1/8", but they may be somewhere in the boxes:

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And more smaller reamers:

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There are a bunch of taper adapters...on the left are MT4 to MT2, on the right are MT4 to MT3. There is an MT1 to MT2 as well., and the 1/2" Jacobs that came with the drill press:

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Also, a random set of small drills, some in envelopes and some loose:

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Note all the above come with a terrific cabinet with a bunch of drawers. All this stuff fits loosely with about half the drawers left over.
While I was loading this, the seller pulled out a vise that I also had to have....$100. It's a perfect match to the drill press...it slides smoothly open and close, the knob tightens it by moving the jaw closed slightly...he said it was hydraulic, maybe so.

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Overall, the seller was happy, I'm happy. I can see him becoming a friend and coming over to use some of his stuff. This is a small town and we know quite a few of the same folks.

Interestingly, he said that after I had picked up the drawing equipment, another guy showed up who thought he had been promised the same stuff. I'm happy I acted quickly.

I've had some pretty good scores, here's what I've learned:

1) Show up fast...none of this "OK, I'll probably buy it. How about I come over on Friday".
2) Don't be an a-hole and tell stories about how great you are and the wonderful stuff you've done and had.
3) Be respectful. Don't buy the stuff to put on eBay. I think the seller wants his stuff to be used in a good home.
4) Have cash, at least enough to put a deposit on anything that can't be taken immediately.
5) For verbal deals, sketch out on an envelope the vitals and make a copy for both parties.

Happy hunting.
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What a great buy!!!

That is another thing on my wishlist: Vemco drafting machine
 
At hgr when it sits for so long and doesnt sell it goes in the scrap metal pile. This was sitting on a pallet all torn apart and I was told the ram was all bound up and wouldnt budge. I saw it and asked about it and they were like yeah that is supposed to go to scrap since its broken. So I offered them 150 bucks and they loaded it up on the trailer with a few other things I bought. Got it home disassembeled the remaining parts and cleaned off all the grease and it works. Does need a few new pins made but thats no big deal.

Its sad ive seen multiple horzt mills get loaded up on the scrap truck while im there and my Pratt and Whitney lathe almost suffered the same fate. If I had more room Id try to save them all.
 
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