Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tough times in the Motor City = Deals on used equipment (slightl y off topic)

How does one go about finding these auctions? Where can you go to find out
about machinery auctions in a given area? I'm about 100 miles south of
Atlanta.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Matt King

-----Original Message-----
From: John and Cindy Carey <ace@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tough times in the Motor City = Deals on used
equipment (slightl y off topic)

>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
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Heuver, Brad (B.R.)" <bheuver@...>
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>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)
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>> 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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