Featured 5 T. of machine tools for $192.05 in cleanup auction

A big machine shop was auctioned off online, stuff located in E. Pa. I bid 91 items, won only 37. I was recovering from that, getting a rigger lined up to move the few heavy things, and 2 days later suddenly got an email about a “short notice, cleanup auction” online also, open for only 4 hours. This was for the 3% of items that didn’t get bids two days earlier. Since my rigger’s truck would have lots of space left I put in a few bids in the cleanup and won 4 items, two machine tools and two small lots of tooling and materials. The pictures show a vertical mill, a horizontal mill, a rack of bronze and aluminum, and some misc. tooling. Got the 3.5 ton vertical mill for $12. and the 1-ton horizontal mill for $5. These sound like wonderful bargains until you add in a few $K the rigger will charge me to get them out of the shop and back to my place.

 

Way to GO, Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Even with the rigger cost, you got some real bargains.
Patd

 

I like the drill bits...chuck and all !!

That's a lot of steel !!!

 

First thing I do after buying a used machine tool is find the manual somewhere, most are online here and there but some I have to buy from manufacturer or Eboo. Manuals for both mills are online, already had the one for the monster mill but just found it for smaller mill. I didn’t know what the “tower” on top was for but turns out it is an optional “automatic rise and fall” mechanism, so good that’s included.

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/2097/16353.pdf

 

I was thinking that at those prices, you could have them hauled to a scrap yard and still make money. Not that they're scrap; I've just watched too many Scrap & Pallet Man Youtube videos.

 

Each one of those bronze cored rounds is worth more than that!

Dennis