The best buys at Boeing are the office furniture and the raw materials- all
types of aluminum alloys. Also the specialized cutting tools- counterbores,
hole saws etc- mostly re-sharpened and of top quality- far better than the
import stuff. Also the computer re-cycling- desktops with 17" screens for
75.00. Not much in the way of lathes, mills etc.
"Ivan Vegvary" wrote in message
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What a waste of time. Fortunately, my wife is also my best buddy and the
three hour (one way) trip was delightful.

Almost everything (tooling) at Boeing could have been purchased for far
less
at ENCO brand new. I realize that some of the drill bits, milling cutters
etc. are a better brand, but, hey, they are used. There were a few
machine
tools. 24" metal bandsaw (really beat up, no welder) $ 1900. 24" disc
sanders, looked nice, BUT, $ 1600 used? These things are $ 4-600 at
auctions in the S.F. Bay area.

Used (beat up) Bridgeport milling vise for $ 250! Other (no brand,
slightly
bigger) running up to $450.

Crappy (old) Dell laptop computers (Intel 350 mz, 2 gig drives, 10"
screen)
selling for $650? Plus an additional $50 if you want the Dell 'restore
disk' and an operating system.

Video monitor cables for $ 15? My local mom-n-pop store sells them for $
8.

Oh well, it's like going to Mecca. In one's lifetime everybody has to go
once.

GOOD NEWS!! On our way out of Oregon, in the City of Gresham we noticed a
sign that said "Harbor Freight Coming Soon". It was on Hogan road next to
BiMart. This will save me 30 minutes of driving.

Ivan Vegvary
Sandy, Oregon