[TheForge] Tools out west?

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You could also consider picking up an old shaper for almost scrap cost in the midwest....

No one seems to have much use for them at all anymore.

Ray 
Cincinnati
> 
> From: Justin Fellenz <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2005/06/14 Tue PM 10:33:51 EDT
> To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tools out west?
> 
> Thanks, Phlip
> 
> I'm guessing if it has tooling it's a press brake...I'd love to talk to
> him, can't beat that old stuff. Just email me on or off list with his
> number or have him email me direct, whatever works for all. Thanks for
> the input, Ries and Mike...I'll load the trailer with whatever I can
> fit. Got 44000 lb to play with and maybe 10k worth of household stuff.
> I'm sure I have room for a mill, and a flypress, and maybe that English
> wheel I've always wanted....
> 
> Actually, on the topic of mills, I've looked at a few horizontal mills
> in the past, and they seem like just the thing if you're cutting
> keyways all the tme but otherwise a good vertical would do pretty much
> everything you'd need. Am I correct in this assessment? 
> 
> Cheers (and thanks Phlip)
> 
> Justin
> 
> --- Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> > 
> > > A few people have mentioned that it's hard to find used equipment
> > in
> > > the Northwest. I'm moving there in the next year, and I'm wondering
> > if
> > > it makes sense to buy here (seems like everything comes out of the
> > rust
> > > belt, but DC is closer than western Canuckia) or see if i can find
> > it
> > > locally. Is it worth it to make a special effort to find things
> > like a
> > > fly press back here before I split? I can move smaller pieces like
> > that
> > > now without much trouble but I would't otherwise go on a tol buying
> > > rampage this year....
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > JRF
> > 
> > Justin,
> > 
> > If after Nies' reply, you're looking for stuff, just had a talk with
> > the guy
> > who owns the scrapyard I get a lot of my stuff from (he used his
> > shear to
> > cut my steel in half for me this after noon), and he has a big brake
> > for
> > sale. It's an old one, 1930s, he said, and was originally set up to
> > run on a
> > line shaft, and is heavy. He said it was made by the company who used
> > to
> > make them before Bridgeport put them out of business (am repeating my
> > memory
> > of what he said, understanding I know nothing about brakes) by
> > selling a
> > cheaper unit, and that he has about $1000 worth of tooling to go with
> > it-
> > whole set up would cost $700.
> > 
> > If you're interested, I'll get you in contact with him- he's selling
> > a bunch
> > of his stuff (I think I'll be getting a band saw from him for $25,
> > and he'll
> > be giving me a price on a buzz box and an oxy/acet rig) and I had
> > intended
> > to post it here, as soon as I get more details.
> > 
> > Everything I've gotten from him has been in excellent shape, just as
> > he's
> > described, and very nicely priced- super guy to deal with.
> > 
> > If you're interested, it would give you an excuse to come up and
> > meet,
> > before you go trundling off into the wilds of the Left Coast ;-)
> > 
> > Saint Phlip,
> > CoD
> > 
> > "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> >  Blacksmith's credo.
> > 
> >  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not
> > a
> > cat.
> > 
> > Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> > And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> > 
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