Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tough times in the Motor City = Deals on used equipment (slightl y off topic)
Posted by
John and Cindy Carey
on 2001-07-17 13:54:09 UTC
Sorry to hear about your loss Brad.
I am even sorrier to hear about the loss of another American Co. going out
of business.
I was at an auction about a month ago and picked up a nice B&S 6 x 18"
surface grinder with
power feeds, DRO, and variable mag chuck for $1100.00. Oddly enough, a
Bridgeport with VS
and DRO went for 7K$. Getting ready for a couple of CNC auctions at the
first of next month.
Hope to get some deals there. There are 4 shops going out of business within
100 Mi. radius
of here. What are we going to do?
Seeya, John Carey
I am even sorrier to hear about the loss of another American Co. going out
of business.
I was at an auction about a month ago and picked up a nice B&S 6 x 18"
surface grinder with
power feeds, DRO, and variable mag chuck for $1100.00. Oddly enough, a
Bridgeport with VS
and DRO went for 7K$. Getting ready for a couple of CNC auctions at the
first of next month.
Hope to get some deals there. There are 4 shops going out of business within
100 Mi. radius
of here. What are we going to do?
Seeya, John Carey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Heuver, Brad (B.R.)" <bheuver@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 1:06 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tough times in the Motor City = Deals on used
equipment (slightl y off topic)
> I was just at a gear maunfacturing co.'s going out of business auction.
It seems that I set up my home shop about 5 years too soon, as the prices
now are about 1/2 of what they were then.
> Good manual Bridgeports, vari speed 1 1/2 hp head machines, with
powerfeeds sold for (all US $) $1000, and $750. A round ram machine only
brought $125. A Monarch EE 10"x20" lathe (complete with all tooling!) went
for $750, and a Cinci-tray top of a similar
> size couldn't get a bid at $100. Neither could a 10" universal ID/OD
Brown and Sharpe cylindrical grinder. Suprisingly, an old 9" south bend
model A went for $125, with 1/16" wear grooves in the ways.
> Delta floor standing 17" drill presses (3 phase) sold for $25 each. I
picked up 3 diamond grinding wheels for $10 total.
> 6" x 12" surface grinders were all selling for $100-300 each, most with
magnetic chucks.
> If my shop was not so full that its more like a storage barn than a
functional shop, and my promise to my lovely wife that I would not get three
of anything, (I have two of most things already...) I would have a new
lathe, mill, cylindrical grinder, high-lo,
> and enough tooling to keep me sorting through it for months.
> Thanks for listening, I just had to express my disbelief at the going
rate for used iron in Detroit. Most of the stuff was in better shape than
my machines, and selling for less! (maybe not if I consider the riggers
fee's...)
>
> Brad Heuver
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