On Mar 20, 12:02 pm, "Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking for a good source of older machines to restore for my home
> shop in Washington state? Thanks, John.
If you are in western washington you might want to keep an eye out or
the James G Murphy auctions. They often have woodworking equipment at
some of their police seizure, heavy truck and cars and other
auctions. JUst make sure to check the catalogs. The University of
Washington also has surplus auction. One more avenue is to visit
Boeing Surplus in Kent.
Varoius pieces of equipment have found a home in my shop from all of
these sources.
On Mar 20, 1:02 pm, "Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking for a good source of older machines to restore for my home
> shop in Washington state? Thanks, John.
If you want good machines it will take awhile...friends tell me that
it is getting harder and harder to find good machines these days.
I would run ads in Craigslist and in the local newspapers stating what
you are looking for...run them once a month.
Meanwhile monitor Craigslist and use Ebay to look for local offferings
along with the other sources that have been mentioned.
Keep track of your time and you will see why I suggest dumping the
home furniture before your tools when one relocates...the furniture is
much easier to replace. Of course you need a wife with the right
priorities...or get one that does. :<)
Since you don't mention WHERE in Washington you are located, I would
also expand your search by watching neighboring states...a roadtrip to
pick up a machine can be a great adventure.
Anyone want to volunteer a story behind getting a machine?
Good luck with the hunt,
TMT
On Mar 22, 6:23 am, "Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 20, 1:02 pm, "Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Looking for a good source of older machines to restore for my home
> > shop in Washington state? Thanks, John.
>
> If you want good machines it will take awhile...friends tell me that
> it is getting harder and harder to find good machines these days.
>
> I would run ads in Craigslist and in the local newspapers stating what
> you are looking for...run them once a month.
>
> Meanwhile monitor Craigslist and use Ebay to look for local offferings
> along with the other sources that have been mentioned.
>
> Keep track of your time and you will see why I suggest dumping the
> home furniture before your tools when one relocates...the furniture is
> much easier to replace. Of course you need a wife with the right
> priorities...or get one that does. :<)
>
> Since you don't mention WHERE in Washington you are located, I would
> also expand your search by watching neighboring states...a roadtrip to
> pick up a machine can be a great adventure.
>
> Anyone want to volunteer a story behind getting a machine?
>
> Good luck with the hunt,
>
> TMT
Ah, but I did say Washington State in the subject line. Thanks for all
the advice, opened up some new places to look, J.
On Apr 10, 3:23 pm, "Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 22, 6:23 am, "Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 20, 1:02 pm, "Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Looking for a good source of older machines to restore for my home
> > > shop in Washington state? Thanks, John.
>
> > If you want good machines it will take awhile...friends tell me that
> > it is getting harder and harder to find good machines these days.
>
> > I would run ads in Craigslist and in the local newspapers stating what
> > you are looking for...run them once a month.
>
> > Meanwhile monitor Craigslist and use Ebay to look for local offferings
> > along with the other sources that have been mentioned.
>
> > Keep track of your time and you will see why I suggest dumping the
> > home furniture before your tools when one relocates...the furniture is
> > much easier to replace. Of course you need a wife with the right
> > priorities...or get one that does. :<)
>
> > Since you don't mention WHERE in Washington you are located, I would
> > also expand your search by watching neighboring states...a roadtrip to
> > pick up a machine can be a great adventure.
>
> > Anyone want to volunteer a story behind getting a machine?
>
> > Good luck with the hunt,
>
> > TMT
>
> Ah, but I did say Washington State in the subject line. Thanks for all
> the advice, opened up some new places to look, J.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
Oops, I should have said I live in Olympia, J.
Ft. Lewis often has military surplus equipment too.
"Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Looking for a good source of older machines to restore for my home
> shop in Washington state? Thanks, John.
>
"Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 10, 3:23 pm, "Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Mar 22, 6:23 am, "Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>>
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>> > On Mar 20, 1:02 pm, "Gaaslaj" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > > Looking for a good source of older machines to restore for my
>> > > home shop in Washington state? Thanks, John.
>>
>> > If you want good machines it will take awhile...friends tell me
>> > that it is getting harder and harder to find good machines these
>> > days.
>>
>> > I would run ads in Craigslist and in the local newspapers stating
>> > what you are looking for...run them once a month.
>>
>> > Meanwhile monitor Craigslist and use Ebay to look for local
>> > offferings along with the other sources that have been mentioned.
>>
>> > Keep track of your time and you will see why I suggest dumping the
>> > home furniture before your tools when one relocates...the furniture
>> > is much easier to replace. Of course you need a wife with the right
>> > priorities...or get one that does. :<)
>>
>> > Since you don't mention WHERE in Washington you are located, I
>> > would also expand your search by watching neighboring states...a
>> > roadtrip to pick up a machine can be a great adventure.
>>
>> > Anyone want to volunteer a story behind getting a machine?
>>
>> > Good luck with the hunt,
>>
>> > TMT
>>
>> Ah, but I did say Washington State in the subject line. Thanks for
>> all the advice, opened up some new places to look, J.- Hide quoted
>> text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> Oops, I should have said I live in Olympia, J.
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>
You're only a couple hours from Grizzly in Bellingham.