Todd Burch
01-17-2012, 9:52 AM
An offer was made to me to purchase a woodworking shop with "1000's" of hand tools. My ears perked up and I drove a couple hours to go see it. A 94-year-old man was selling everything, and the new owner didn't have a use for any of the tools.
When I got there, I was sorely disappointed. There was not 1000's of hand tools. Maybe 3 dozen, and those were wrenches and el cheapos. The good stuff was gone.
However, there was machinery.
Delta Contractor saw with extension
Delta 14" band saw
Delta DJ-20 8" jointer
Delta dust collect
Delta Shaper
Jet 17" benchtop Drill Press
Delta wide belt/disk sander
Delta 36" benchtop lathe
Delta 13" (or 15"?) planer (corner post model - heavy duty)
I didn't have any use for any of it, but I asked my dad, and he said he was interested.
We settled on $2500 for the whole shebang.
I took off yesterday and we went and picked it all up. When we got there, the shop had, AGAIN, been picked over. I was a bit perturbed, and could have refused to buy anything, but decided there was still value in what we were getting, and the majority of items that had disappeared weren't worth turning down the deal. (Except for the 7 Asley Isles turning tools that were noticeably missing)
This is what the shop looked like before we started loading, and that's what the trailer looked like loaded. You can't seen the floor of the trailer, or the bed of my truck, but it's loaded with vises, almost 2 complete sets of antique/hobbiest pully-drive tablesaws, bandsaws, edge jointers, & a mini-lathe.
I left all the chemicals except a few.
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Go ahead - tell me I suck. :D
Todd
When I got there, I was sorely disappointed. There was not 1000's of hand tools. Maybe 3 dozen, and those were wrenches and el cheapos. The good stuff was gone.
However, there was machinery.
Delta Contractor saw with extension
Delta 14" band saw
Delta DJ-20 8" jointer
Delta dust collect
Delta Shaper
Jet 17" benchtop Drill Press
Delta wide belt/disk sander
Delta 36" benchtop lathe
Delta 13" (or 15"?) planer (corner post model - heavy duty)
I didn't have any use for any of it, but I asked my dad, and he said he was interested.
We settled on $2500 for the whole shebang.
I took off yesterday and we went and picked it all up. When we got there, the shop had, AGAIN, been picked over. I was a bit perturbed, and could have refused to buy anything, but decided there was still value in what we were getting, and the majority of items that had disappeared weren't worth turning down the deal. (Except for the 7 Asley Isles turning tools that were noticeably missing)
This is what the shop looked like before we started loading, and that's what the trailer looked like loaded. You can't seen the floor of the trailer, or the bed of my truck, but it's loaded with vises, almost 2 complete sets of antique/hobbiest pully-drive tablesaws, bandsaws, edge jointers, & a mini-lathe.
I left all the chemicals except a few.
220100 220101 220102 220099 220098
Go ahead - tell me I suck. :D
Todd