What Red Flags Do You See?

[IamNotImportant]

I don't see anything that's all that important. It'll have to be looked at in person. But just as a sort of reality check: Most people I've met who run these machines for a living have about as much concern for taking care of it as they do washing and waxing the bosses car on break. Meaning to say, if it was a production machine, it's been worked hard, misused, abused, beaten on, used as an anvil, drug/shoved around by a forklift, left in the rain, repaired a hundred times with whatever was on hand, and worked some more. Contrary to what many proclaim, I've never met a pro machinist who gave a care at all to maintaining "the companies equipment". Don't try to borrow their Starrett tools though. They'll hand it over as if they were passing you their newborn baby girl. Lol And fidget behind you, sweating until you give it back.

it is deff a "Post WWII" machine, so i am sure it has seen a few things in its life..

 

[C-Bag]

I don't see anything that's all that important. It'll have to be looked at in person. But just as a sort of reality check: Most people I've met who run these machines for a living have about as much concern for taking care of it as they do washing and waxing the bosses car on break. Meaning to say, if it was a production machine, it's been worked hard, misused, abused, beaten on, used as an anvil, drug/shoved around by a forklift, left in the rain, repaired a hundred times with whatever was on hand, and worked some more. Contrary to what many proclaim, I've never met a pro machinist who gave a care at all to maintaining "the companies equipment". Don't try to borrow their Starrett tools though. They'll hand it over as if they were passing you their newborn baby girl. Lol And fidget behind you, sweating until you give it back.

This is true of any machine in any shop I’ve ever worked in. It always seemed like they went out of their way to abuse it. Never understood that.

 

[IamNotImportant]

Looks like a bolt missing holding the head on... may be one table lock missing, also... I only see one...

-Bear

looks like there is two missing.. one on the lower right and one on the upper left..

 

[stupoty]

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[stupoty]

not a red flag necessarily, but there looks to be a pretty good apprentice mark on the table to the right of the vise.

Amateurs i tell you , you want to see real drill abuse

Stu

 

[IamNotImportant]

oh boy

 

[jwmay]

Amateurs i tell you , you want to see real drill abuse

Really kind of amazes me when we find anything in the used market that isn't completely destroyed. Lol

 

[Navy Chief]

Amateurs i tell you , you want to see real drill abuse

Stu

I'm almost at a loss for words.... WTAF?

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[tq60]

It is round ram, these are of lesser value, be certain price is correct.

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[IamNotImportant]

It is round ram, these are of lesser value, be certain price is correct.

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they are trying to get 1970.00 for it right now