On 2005-01-18 20:49:28 -0500, jim rozen said:

In article 2005011820121027590%deichles@yahoocom, Charles Morrill says...

Kept meaning to ask Mr. Sobel about that 20 percent discount if you
served in Burma during the great war, but never had the chance.

Give dave a call. If he said it, it's probably true.
Rudy Kouhoupt's absence was palpable. Everywhere you turned his fans
and admirers had brought the projects that he'd described over the
years. One builder had put his photo on an engine turned panel. He's
left a huge void. I found myself with some other guys talking to Clover
McKinley, editor of Live Steam, about it all. Turns out Rudy died very
much the way he had quietly lived.
"He had cleaned the dishes and neatly stacked them just the way you
might imagine Rudy always did everything. Then, he sat down in his easy
chair with a shawl around his shoulders and picked up the new issue of
Live Steam....That's the way they found him."

This sounds too poetic to be true - not saying it isn't, but
it's the first time I've heard of it.

Thanks for your impressions, posts like this bring back the old
flavor of rcm. I heard somebody (a dealer, perhaps) had a
small Elgin milling machine for sale at the show that did not
sell. Any recollection of it, or who might have had it for
sale?

Thanks - Jim

Thanks for the compliment. I don't remember an Elgin...there was
an Elgin lathe in the auction, and also a Hardinge BB4 milling machine
that went for $700 at auction (I think...can't remember) Didn't
Hardinge own Elgin at one point? The BB4 was awfully cute, but very
small. You can still see pictures of it on the Cabin Fever site.
Dave Ficken showed up too with a bunch of "blowout" prices like
$250 for something that looked like a benchmaster and $450 for a south
bend lathe. The small mill lasted about 10 minutes.
Just remembered, yes, I think there was an Elgin mill. It was the
same dealer who had the green Rhodes shaper next to the steamboat pond
and right next to Dave Sobel. it was quite expensive, I'm thinking
somewhere around $2,000. Dave or his son would probably know.
Can't remember the son's name. Real nice guy. Got into a
conversation with him about the Sixis mill recently on ebay. Told him
I'd considered bidding. "You wouldn't have gotten it," he said. "The
person who won the auction was prepared to pay any price."
Wow. Well, it went to a great home, no more nasty abrasive cut off
wheels like in the picture - machine heaven.
Sobel also has a nice Aciera with all accessories at the moment
(it wasn't at the show). I guess if you have to ask how much...

Charles M