I personally have never attended many auctions, but was wondering have you scored any great tools. I was just over on another forum (FOG) and someone posted the funniest item. They went to an auction and the picture included showed a craftsman router box. He bid and won for $35.00. Well the next picture showed what was inside, a brand new looking PC 7518. He did share that prior to the auction he had peeked inside the box so he knew it was there. Whe then auctioneer held it up for bid he did not open the box. So the guy got it. Cool score. So anybody out there had as good a day!
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George Burns
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I got a huge old oak drafting table for $135 so heavy we had to move it in two pieces.
A big metal chemical storage box for 50 cents.
Went to the auction of the oldest millhouse in town about 20 years ago and bought all these old steel shaper cutters plus many more not pictured as well as a few collars for $150 .
Auctions are fun , be slow to bid on what you really want , only one bid really matters , the last one .
regards from Orygun dusty
hey dusty,are those all slick knives? i get the-ever-lovin'-jitters just looking at those things. worst "accident" under my belt involved a pair of six inch stick-cut knives. these days, i have to go and meditate after i've set up a shaper and before i turn it on.
good score just the same.
eef
Just got a nice pin nailer and a couple of HVLP sprayers for under $20.
Hey Eef ,
Yup those are smooth with no serration , very old school and low tech.
I know exactly what you are afeard of , and you have every right to be jittered at the mere site of them .
When I was a lad I worked in truck tire service , you know split ring and split rims farm tractors , fork lifts you name it . It happened quite often , while I was putting air in a split ring the old timer customers would tell about the time this guy got his head chopped off with a blown ring , they all must of known the same guy , one day I told that customer he needed a new ring his was rusted too bad . He said no , just use the old one , I handed him the air hose and walked away, he said ok .
The collar knives like any other of our whirling twirling slicing and dicing machinery are to be respected and with common sense and know how we can avoid harm from all .Carbide breaks off all the time , where does it go ?
I've have never had a problem , but have had to go home and change shorts a few times .
regards from Orygun dusty
dusty,
First shop I worked in the boss gave me instructions for assembling one of those cutterheads: "Tighten that nut on top as tight as you can," he said. "Then, give it another quarter turn!" The shop's standard procedure was to have only one knife ground to a particular profile, with a blank knife of the same width in the opposing pair of grooves. I was there the day a worker had a knife break off. I know where it went- clear across the shop from the shaper, it bounced off the cinderblock (PING!) far wall (about 4' from where I was standing) and embedded itself in the back of a case piece awaiting repair. The guy running the shaper had to sit down for a while, after he counted his extremities, and checked his torso for leaks.
Ray
We had an old loose knife shaper in a shop I worked in. It only got used on occasions when we had to grind a special profile. It was a Yates American or a S. A. Wood, something from way back that had a distinctive sound, like an old motorcycle. I was a newbe. One day the machine fires up and everyone in the area drops to the floor. One of the guys takes me over to a window. There is another wing of the building about 30' away. He points out a brick that is broken on the far wall, half the brick is missing. The knife broke the window and still had enough velocity to fly to the other building and smash a brick.You could hold a pair of knives back to back and not be able to feel any difference. Once in the collars and tightened down, if there was the slightest variation between one knife and the other, it could be easily pulled out with your fingers. Didn't matter how hard you cranked on the nut. We would mic the knives and carefully weigh them but were never 100% sure.There was a double walled 3/4" plywood box that we would hold over the spindle whenever starting up the machine. It took a bit of courage to stand there holding the box tightly. Box or not, the crew still hit the deck when they heard that old motor fire up.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
Hi Ray ,
In Using these dangerous thangs as well as others we use daily we do take a calculated risk so to speak , each and every time we use them .
I'd say pretty much each and every tool and machine we use is capable of producing harm to us . Carbide shaper cutters break as well now and then ,been there .
I have a old chunk of Oak 6X6 about 30" long , the first time I spin a collar knife setup I place the power feeder and the chunk of Oak between me and the cuter. I'm told that typically at start up is when they want to throw a knife .
It sure is nice to have the ability to grind and create almost any detail needed.
regards from Orygun dusty
Several good auction buys -- the one I value is the brand new JDS air filter, still in box, for $75.
But the absolute treasure was at the annual Rotary Auction and Rummage Sale. Picked up an Incra 8" table saw with all the accessories for $15. I rehabbed it, took maybe 25-30 hours, and sold it for over $800, effectively transforming it into a Unisaw! ;-)
Inspired by your George Burns quote, allow me to add a different twist to the topic.
I met my last (now, ex) wife at an auction. Went well for a while, but she eventually sought a higher bidder. ;-)
I am of the age...
First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down. George Burns
I had something pithy to say, but I forgot what it was. ;-)
I had something pithy to say, but I forgot what it was. ;-)
I can take a good joke!
Not an auction, but an estate sale. In the garage there was a pile of wide pine planks and some various pieces of molding. As I was paying, the lady says to me, "the old gentleman that lived here made things out of wood, and there is some old pieces out back in a storage shed. If you want you can have them." In the old shed there were 4/4 and 8/4 slabs of walnut about 8 to 10 feet long. I could not load them into my truck fast enough. Talk about exictement. Never found a deal like this since.
mike,
My "Cinderella" story:
A long while ago I got a call from a buddy who said, "Ray, there's a wood shop going out of business selling stuff. I think you ought to come over here." So, I did. Most everything was already gone, the business had been making furniture components; what was left was mainly bags of dowels, corrugated fasteners, and pallets of turned spindles left over from various orders, scraps of wood. No tools, no lumber. Then on a shelf I saw a familiar scroll-cut shape. "Huh, that looks like a mirror crest," I thought. I reached up and pulled it down, and there in two L-shaped pieces, was the frame and top and bottom crests of a period mahogany chippendale mirror. "How much do you want for this?" I asked, thinking the owner would say, "Oho, THAT'S not for sale!" "Give me a dollar?" he said, as if unsure whether he was asking too much. I didn't try to bargain for a better price.
Ray
Right place, right time, right guy. Lucky you.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodworks.com and http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com)
- Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Not an auction but a garage sale, bought a Leigh 12" dovetail jig for $30, sold it for $200 and put the profit in the 'tool fund'.
I bought my edge sander and a lathe at auction about 20 years ago. The bill for both was $200. Shortly after winning the bid for the lathe at $50, a fellow came over and offered to buy it from me for $200, so I came home with the sander for free. I didn't need the lathe, because I already had a better one.
At another auction, I bought an old Delta TS for parts. It was missing the top, but then later I found the top upside down in a pool of water in another building. When I got it back home and cleaned it up, a friend gave me a new 3 HP motor for it which came with his new saw. Rockwell sent him a new motor. I replaced the bad bearing for ~$20, so had a great working unisaw for < $100. I later let a cousin talk me out of that one for $500
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