Clearing out a machine shop in the SFV...

Friend died, his GF is selling up. I dragged home the '53 SouthBend Heavy 10 to go with my '37 SB 13x72. A friend is picking up the Logan tonight but there is still a (3ph) Tree mill & a 13in Leblonde Regal lathe (220v 1ph)
Ideally one of you guys will rush over there & rescue both of those for $1000 each. They are located near the corner of Sherman Way & Laurel Cyn.

If they aren't sold by tomorrow morning they are going into storage & will probably bever see the light of day again.

If anyone in the LA area is interested, gimme a call at 661 965 3515 & I'll put you in contact with the gal.
There are other tools: Surface grinder, Cincinnati drill press, Delta drill press with 2 heads, Compressor & a 16in Duro bandsaw.

I'd have bought more stuff but my garage is now full:

Rick.

 

WTF? I've been a member here for FOUR years & that was my first post??? Must have got waylaid over at Garage Journal..

 

... you must LOVE your garage !

 

Wow.... Those are really clean.... That never comes up around here. You should have seen my **** box when I drug it home! Those SB lathes are sweet!

 

Well it certainly didn't get dirty from being used. I was messing about with it in the garage a while ago when there was a puff of dust & most of the dry leather belt vaporized. Looking at the remains it appears to be the original one fitted at the factory in '53

 

Here's a pic of the Leblond Regal:


And the Tree mill:


They need rescueing by sometime early on Tuesday... & apparently $1000 each is the going price right now.

 

****...just when I'm drained of "expendable funds"

 

sure wish I had the room I'd take them.

 

Between 3 of us we rescued the SouthBend. Logan & LeBlond lathes, the compressor, both surface plates, the CB360T Honda, hydraulic press, 50+ 5C collets & some other bits & bobs.

 

They were stacking stuff on pallets when i left this afternoon.. There *may* be a chance to rescue the Tree Mill tomorrow..

 

Those are some nice tools at an incredible price!

 

no money.

 

have the bread, no truck to haul them... ****

 

Wish I had some cash

 

I hauled that Southbend home behind my S10 on a U Haul open trailer that cost $14.95 for the day

Part of the problem with this stuff is that the gal knew she had to be out by today... 2 ******** months ago but "wasn't ready to sell anything" until last Friday....

 

Now she's going to wait a while until she sells the vehicles: '43 Willys Jeep, '55 T Bird, VW Thing & some ****box Corolla

& a mid '70's Jaguar XJ 6L 4 door that has the cylinder head sat in the trunk...

 

Damn, son. Have money, but no way to get them from there to here.

Would love to have at least one of the drill presses and the bandsaw.

 

I'm glad someone was able to get them to a good home.

 

This is the stuff that didn't gets sold:
Duro 16in (& Cincinnati drill press behind it):


Delta double drill press:


Surface grinder:


--------------------------------------------
A**** the stuff I bought home.

Press (needs bottle jack, but it was free)


Baldor carbide tool grinder:


This Dunlap Vise:


After:


Wilton Vise, before:


After:

 

damn you lucky *******. you have two southbend lathes, i would kill for just one or a monarch. someday i will have everything i want and then i will die and never be able to use them lol lol.

 

man you painted over all that vise patina....wow...there goes the value...

 

-That and PM. You have almost 200 posts over there.

Doc.

 

Maybe, but I think the Dunlap is still worth the $25 I paid for it, ditto the $50 I paid for the Wilton

Just spoke with another member here & he should be hauling *** over to the shop to save the Tree mill as I type

Got the serial # cards for both of SB 's via email just now. My Heavy 10 was originally shipped to Pasadena City Schools on 7/21/53 & my 13x72 was originally shipped to Kelley Wells Mach. Co 4140 Whiteside Ave LA on 12/3/36 via Eccles & Davies Machinery Co. LA.

 

Wow! Lucky!!!!

 

HEY! I got the same plan.

 

Ok, If anyone see's something they want:
They are now loading the truck to take this stuff to storage. Call Victoria if you want to buy anything at 323 386 3543.

Someone from Fontana called earlier about the double drill press but didn't leave a call back #.... They want to know if you are still interested??.. like *now* would be a good time to call.

 

& btw, I get all the *patina* I can handle keeping this thing flying

 

That was me, I got the double drill press. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Jeez ZRX61, I wanna know more about your ***ociation with the Tigercat...talk about an aerial "hot rod"! DD

 

ok, deal on the Tree didn't happen so the mill is still available. The guy who bought the Delta double drill press is picking it up Thursday AM so the same should be possible for the mill & anything else... BUT you need to call Victoria & sort it out today, like now, when you get to the end of this sentence...



I just do maint on the Tigercat, that's my job: Warbird maint stuff, mostly P51's tho.

Me, at *work*..