On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:50:02 -0600, "greybeard"
wrote:


"rashid111" wrote in message
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Oh the thrill of a good junk-yard catch !

Not to be pounding sand in anyone's rear, but in the last year that's the
third drill press, however the first really good one, add on three table
saws, one with a jointer built on the right side and the original pedestal,
a couple of wood lathes, not to mention the pounds of small (Under 1/2")
drills I've brought home. Then there have been more than half a dozen
motors, going from 1/2 horse to 1 1/2. Motors are two bucks, my risk if
they're junk, but I haven't gotten a bad one yet. It's amazing what people
throw away. The older scroll saws, the bench mounted ones, I don't even
bother with anymore, even though the old Dunlaps and Craftsman with all
their beautiful cast iron will outlast four or five of then junk being
dumped on the market today, people don't seem to want them. Bandsaws show
up, but I left the one with the 30" wheels in the hopper, that was a little
big to go down the basement stairs. (But one beautiful job of casting.)

Took me a while, but Fred hides the machines until I look at them. Doing
odd repairs for him doesn't hurt anything either, one hand washes the other.

And no, I don't make a lot on anything, but it's fun fixing the old stuff to
where it's useful again.

Rich.



Hummm...Id not mind having a nice old scroll saw. Ive got a 36" Oliver
if I want it...but its a smidge big for doing artzy craftzy
stuff...really big...

Ive still got a half dozen King drill presses, a couple Deltas and so
forth that I need to get rid of. I took a load of them to the Visalia
show a year ago...about 20..sold em for $20 each. Got a BIG Walker
Turner that needs a home.

I really wish folks would come by here a bit more often..Ive got lots
of Free Stuff looking for a home, (well..you do have to take a kitten
or puppy G

Btw...anyone every hear of Sioux brand grinders? In that load of
Stuff I brought home a couple weeks ago..was this really really ugly
6" grinder. Had a gooseneck lamp on the back, and both shields..and
both the tables were there. Found it to have a bad switch and didnt
like the look of the wheels, so changed em out.

One of the quietest smoothest bench grinders Ive ever had..including
the Baldors..and it take at least 3 minutes for it to wind down once
you turn it off. Which is marvelous for a little 6" grinder

Never heard of the brand before. It is US made. Chicago IRRC from the
data plate

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3