Gary Herrmann
11-05-2009, 9:19 PM
Last Sunday I drove down to John Land's place in Indiana. When I noticed his ad in the classifieds last week, I saw he was selling a General 100-5 sander. He sent me a couple pics, told me the price and off I went with thoughts of segmented turnings running through my head.
It's got a couple spots of surface rust on the belt cover. I'm going to sand and repaint them so they don't spread, but they're pretty minor. A couple small spots on the tables. I'll sand them a bit too. Both the disc and the belt run very smoothly. 2 hp, 220v, 1PH. Tag inside says it was built in 1992. Wow, General builds robust tools. 550 lbs. The base came with the sander. Welded out of 1/2" plate steel. I think it weighs over 100 lbs.
As I was leaving the CFO pointed out a couple grinders behind a giant metal lathe. She should have known better.
One General 100-5 sander. $800. One Baldor 1/2 hp floor stand grinder. $200. Both nearly all cast iron. 8 hours of driving and two very strong young guys to help me get them downstairs.
I think John still has some big items left. You might want to give him a call.
It's got a couple spots of surface rust on the belt cover. I'm going to sand and repaint them so they don't spread, but they're pretty minor. A couple small spots on the tables. I'll sand them a bit too. Both the disc and the belt run very smoothly. 2 hp, 220v, 1PH. Tag inside says it was built in 1992. Wow, General builds robust tools. 550 lbs. The base came with the sander. Welded out of 1/2" plate steel. I think it weighs over 100 lbs.
As I was leaving the CFO pointed out a couple grinders behind a giant metal lathe. She should have known better.
One General 100-5 sander. $800. One Baldor 1/2 hp floor stand grinder. $200. Both nearly all cast iron. 8 hours of driving and two very strong young guys to help me get them downstairs.
I think John still has some big items left. You might want to give him a call.