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Hello again all... oh dear god, what a day. Spent all day today making room to pull these machines out, sorting, shuffling stuff around and so on. Worked harder today than I probably have in my life. More than likely has to do with what I paid for this equipment and the circumstances I'm buying it under... sigh.

Anyway, few more pics!

The drawers on the lathe desk are just STUFFED with associated items. I won't spoil the surprises but basically I will say this to give everyone a clue -- the guy that owned this house was put into a home about halfway across the country not too terribly long ago and all he had were 2 daughters, no sons and no sons in law with any interest in "guy stuff" -- shame really. Anyway, due to the circumstances, he didn't have time to sort and sell off individual tools, pieces, parts, blah blah blah.

I just happened to come across what seemed like a "too good to be true" type deal at the right time (first time ever I might add. Once in a lifetime thing in this case) and contacted the seller. She, being one of the daughters was responsible for the property and selling off whatever she could before the bank took the house, lot and all its contents on the 8th of July due to an unpaid loan that was leftover after her father took out a home equity loan or something years ago.

Anyway, basically, it really makes me kind of sad to say this but I almost feel like I bought a chunk of a man's life for a laughably low asking price. :(

The bright side however is that these machines are going to a much better home -- that will be evident when you see the shape they're in later. They haven't been mistreated necessarily, just GROSS neglect.

Bridgeport is prepped for the move, had the table cranked over so I could get to the cabinet in the other picture which is at home with me right now. I also found another cabinet in that same back corner which housed a surprise of its own but I won't spoil that one just yet. Soon though! :)

Regarding the most recent message, Tony, that would be amazing sir. I don't have any info on it yet, at all. Model, nothing. Just "enco" and that's about it. I'd be stupid to turn down your offer. Lol. Let me know if I can return the favor somehow.

As for earlier messages, hvontres, your pin pic helped immensely! Thanks again for that! As you can see from the picture, I did indeed get it figured out though I will say, supporting and rotating the head a full 180 degrees SOLO sucks. Heh. My help will hopefully come through tomorrow though so no harm, no foul. Guess we will see.

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Anyway, basically, it really makes me kind of sad to say this but I almost feel like I bought a chunk of a man's life for a laughably low asking price.

That's not how I see it from where I sit.

I see a pile of equipment going to a new owner that sees the value in them.
The former owner would likely be happy with that.
I certainly am!

The alternative may have been one of those junk haulers that charged them by the pound to get rid of it.

-brino
 
Fair point Brino, I appreciate that. Makes me feel a little better, for sure.

Onto other news, the mill is home but sitting on the back of my boom truck at the moment. It'll get moved into the garage tomorrow along with the lathe, then another trip back to the house for a compressor that's a bit too large for my purposes so it's going to live at work and my smaller one at work is coming home. There's also a jig saw, couple small drill presses, etc and yet ANOTHER machinists toolbox with, amusingly enough, an 11th edition of the machinery's handbook. Oldest one I've seen yet.
 
Wow!

It just keeps getting better.
You must be exhausted and excited at the same time.

Congratulations again on the amazing haul. :encourage:

-brino
 
You sir have NO idea. =)

Now I'm stressing over power but with the unbelievably helpful people here I'm sure to get it figured out in short order. It's rare that I've seen this level of genuine desire to help others on the internet of all places and I have to say, it's refreshing. I'm immensely grateful.

As a side note, it may be a couple days before I can get the garage shuffled around and have everything in it's place so I can start sorting but when I do, I'm going to post a general "check out my haul" thread that I'll make sure to link here for everyone that's been so helpful to this point. I'm crazy excited as you said but more than anything, I can't wait to start playing with my new toys and actually learning something... Nothing quite compares to having something tangible, physical that you can show to someone and say "hey, yeah, I made this from a raw chunk of metal." It seems hobbyists that actually want to make things from scratch are a dying breed and I'm beginning to realize that a little more every day. The more people I've mentioned my "hobby" to in passing, the more I get called crazy or looked at like I should be in a padded room somewhere. It's kinda saddening really. People are forgetting these skills even exist and it really frustrates me. Hopefully, in due time, I'll be able to give something back and help keep the interest of a newer generation, even if it's just passing along knowledge gained, the way others here have without so much as a second thought. =)
 
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