For around here Paso Robles IS the machining hotbed. The guys I talked to said their bread and butter was the wineries which there is over 400 last time I heard. Like everybody the manual machines are being phased out. I've never watched how these auctions go but there's also one in Atascadero and it's like Mickri said, hobby stuff is gold, big stuff is bargain and everything else is hit and miss.