Grand daddy of all gloats

[Sam Beagle]

I have read hundreds of gloats over the years. But yesterday, I finally had a day that is indescribable..

I went to my first bankruptcy equipment auction. I had the time of my life!!!!! I went there hoping to get a tormek, 16" delta RAS, and a laguna bandsaw.

What I got was alot more. I have pics, and will send them to anyone who is willing to post them for me. Via email.

I took my wife, she has been saying for years that she wants a CNC to do wall panels at our house, well they had a monster there. 14 foot long. It retailed for 58,000.00. It's 6 years old. I won it for 1400.00. Yes 1400.00. It's an unbelievable machine. Has everything ready, and I watched it work..

But that's just the beginning, I got everything I have ever wanted and more, they had the greatest bench ive ever seen, multiple vices, 8" thick maple top, custom made monster. I paid 300 for it

I got the 16" laguna for 230.00

I got the tormek with every jig possible for 160

I got 3 delta grinders for 5 a piece.

I got the 16" delta RAS which looks brand new for 45 dollar. Yes. 45

Some incra gear, woodpeckers, and a air arbor press for 27

I got roughly 2500.00 worth of festool paper for 100.00. The exact kinds of paper I use. All boxed up. Old new stock. Also got the long track for the track saw

I got a few more items as well. This auction was unreal, like a dream really.. You should have seen the stuff there, the items were almost free, there were wide belts, shapers, big saws, everything you can imagine and all single phase minus the CNC..
I'm still on overload from it, there were a few items that I regret not getting, like a minimax lathe, nice size, that brought 120 dollars. A full woodpeckers router table w every incra item ever made on it for 170. Also had a big PC router in it.. All in all, an amazing time, I have a moving team coming to move the CNC, there was a forklift onsite, but it wouldn't even move the monster. Again, I will send the pics I have to anyone.

[Dave Kelley]

Congrats, that's amazing. How do you find out about these auctions?

[Sam Beagle]

Honestly, I found out about it 2 days prior, my neighbor called and told me.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Wow, I am happy for you. That is truly an awesome gloat, but shame on you for not nabbing that router table. :) By the way, new duck!

[Mike Heidrick]

Im curious to see the pics of the CNC. Congrats.

[Victor Robinson]

Yep, I'm pretty sure this is the craziest gloat I've ever heard during my time on the ww/tool forums...

Congrats...incredible!

[Frederick Skelly]

Wow! That's incredible. Good for you.
And dare I say first -
New Duck!!!!!!!!!

[Mike Heidrick]

Wow! That's incredible. Good for you.
And dare I say first -
New Duck!!!!!!!!!

Malcom beat ya to the duck.

[Frederick Skelly]

Malcom beat ya to the duck.
Dang Mike, you're right!

Ok, I accept second Duck!:D

[Prashun Patel]

Correct. That's the lottery we all wish for.

Congrats!!! Enjoy!!!!

[Martin Wasner]

I'm curious what the cnc is as well. Pod style or bed?

[Sam Beagle]

The auction was just insane. I've been to many auctions, but never a tool auction, I've never seen anything like it. It's a big bed style CNC

[Jerry Olexa]

WOW..you did well!!!

[David T gray]

i wont believe till i pictures !

[Mike Hollingsworth]

I love bankruptcy auctions. Really love.

[Gene Takae]

I think you owe your neighbor a beer!:D

[Sam Beagle]

Correction---- the RAS is a 12" saw. I messed up. A 16 inch laguna bandsaw. Pics are on the way

[Tim Cooper Louisiana]

Correction---- the RAS is a 12" saw. I messed up. A 16 inch laguna bandsaw. Pics are on the way

This is no longer the best tool gloat of all time.

[Keith Hankins]

i wont believe till i pictures !

As Homer would say unless you have a picture it didn't happen :)

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Somehow when I first read this, I missed the part about the CNC. That's incredible!!! Imagine the things you can do with that! I hope your shop is huge to fit a 14' CNC!!!

[Jerome Stanek]

Can you tell us the brand of CNC

[John K Jordan]

Wow. Hey, maybe that's how woodworkers and turners can avoid the vortex-induced bankruptcy trap - buy everything from the other guy who didn't.

JKJ

[Rich Riddle]

Congratulations, you had a good day.

[Sam Beagle]

Pics will be posted later today. I promise. It's a techno panel master. The vacuum pump alone costs 7k. It was an extra I guess when they ordered it

[Matt Day]

Pics from Sam. Nice haul! That CNC is HUGE!

[Matt Day]

Sorry for the delay posting the photos. I was about to call you out as a troll because I hadn't gotten a response, when i thought I should check my junk folder first! Sure enough that's where I found your reply.

[Garth Almgren]

That is a really nice bench too!

Questions of the day - what on earth are you going to be doing with a 14' CNC, and will it even fit in your shop?? :p

[Ben Rivel]

Holy crap! I wish I knew of such things in my area.

[Brad Shipton]

Awesome bench, BS, and RAS. While the CNC might be tempting, the old CNC's can be a huge cost if anything ever goes wrong. I had the chance to buy a used CNC for $1,500 and I was advised against the idea. You know all those updates your computer makes, that box on top of the CNC wants to do the same if you want to run anything new. If you update them many things can go wrong. Swapping out the controllers can cost the same of a new machine I found out. You can search online and read about a few horror stories of guys buying machines that were too old. That vacuum would have been a great item to pick up. Those things run huge hours before needing a re-build. That looks to be between 10 - 20hp, and I suspect that is a bit more than $7k now. One can easily get $3 - 5k for a used one of those.

[Sam Beagle]

I felt the same way. I didn't want the CNC because it's just so big. However I did see it work and it's honestly in great shape. One thing I did find out is that it's not 6 years old. It's older. The auctioneer misspoke. As far as that vac pump. That thing ways 7-800 lbs. moving it was awful. I had a guy after the auction offer me 3500 cash right there for just the pump. I will try and get more pics and send them to matt. Thanks again matt for posting those for me.

[Ryan Mooney]

This is completely ridiculous, you've transcended "gloat" and entered a higher and more transcendent territory here. The only case I can think of that compares was when I met the guy who was the local auction legend for buying $250k worth of silver wire for $40k (aah government auctions). The closest I've gotten was a full set of gear pullers for -$5 (I paid $15 for the "cabinet and all its contents" and then immediately sold some other stuff I didn't want for $20 for -$5 net).

Congratulations.. man.. wow.. shakes head.

I'm guessing that moving everything is heading on towards exceeding the auction cost.

[Michael Weber]

Were you the only sane person there? As Ryan said this transcends gloat-fullness. Miraculous maybe.

[Yonak Hawkins]

:) By the way, new duck!

Careful .. you're on the verge of getting banned.

[Brad Shipton]

You will have great fun with the CNC once you go thru the process of setting it up. There is a good discussion on the woodweb about all the little hidden costs. That machine wants lots of power. I have looked at the specs for quite a few vacuum pumps. I would like to get one into my basement, so had read the specs on the weight. I am pretty jealous of the pump since I am building one of the poor man solutions now.

[Wayne Jolly]

This doesn't qualify as a gloat. This takes gloat to an entirely new dimension and has to be in a brand new class to itself.

[Bruce Volden]

MAN, I hate you. GREAT score.

Bruce

[Erik Loza]

Great finds there. I'm curious to know what your total investment ends up being once you get the CNC up and running. Not a jab, that's an honest question. Really curious to know. Thanks for sharing.

Erik

[Mike Heidrick]

I would take a gamble on that cnc as well for $1400. There is nothing they make that you cant retrofit.

[Martin Wasner]

Great finds there. I'm curious to know what your total investment ends up being once you get the CNC up and running. Not a jab, that's an honest question. Really curious to know. Thanks for sharing.

Erik

Me too. I'm in the learning stages of getting a router at the moment and the software and post are going to cost me probably $25k

Looks like a 4x8 machine? I'm also curious which controller it has.

[Mike Heidrick]

found these:

http://support.technocnc.com/
if needed login is technocnc and password is multiaxis

http://cncmanual.com/techno-rg-series-setup-instructions/

http://support.technocnc.com/documentation.htm#RG

[Sam Beagle]

I'm just ecstatic at the rest of the sale, there are more pics to come here too. Matt has been nice enough to post them for me. Honest to god, this sale was Like a dream, as soon as I started bidding, it's like everyone else stopped. I never seen anything like it. You honest to god wouldn't believe what was basically given away. Wide belts were almost free, that minimax lathe for 120 still haunts me. And the router table was the nicest I've ever seen.

[Matt Day]

You were lovin' the dream!

[Albert Lee]

wow and WOW!!!

[Allan Speers]

You, sir, have the most BLUE TRUCK I've ever seen.

:o

[Martin Wasner]

Honestly, .


Where are you?

[Sam Beagle]

I'm in central pa

[Jon Endres]

That's the kind of auction where you start wondering how long it will take you to replace the money in the kids' college fund or your 401k, or if the family can get by on ramen and kool-aid for a few weeks. I would have taken a second job for that opportunity.

[Sam Beagle]

I spent a total of 2276 I believe for everything. I might be off a little. But that number sounds right. I could have prob bought everything at the auction for under 10k. And there was ALOT of items there. 2-3 of everything. Minus CNC

[Mike Heidrick]

Glad you passed the deal on to someone that could use it.