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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 394928, member: 54&quot;]Probably not a real word but all I could think of for this anecdote; actually happened earlier this week.&nbsp; I won a table covered with lathe tooling at a machine shop auction in PA.&nbsp; One of the items there that I knew was worth about $1K, for which I had no use except maybe to sell or trade, was a heavy circular accessory called a “steady rest.”&nbsp; These are made to fit specific lathes and this one was from a 17” Colchester-Clausing lathe, a separate item in the auction.&nbsp; The lathe buyer wanted me to sell him the item but I refused with a snarl because I’d caught him taking valuable items off my table when I walked in on “pickup day.”&nbsp; The lathe he bought sold for about $3500.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next morning I’m back home reading emails and found one from a local machine shop owner, offering to sell a 17” Colchester-Clausing lathe for $500., including more accessories than had been with the auction lathe.&nbsp; Same model of lathe too.&nbsp; A quick reply requested photos, and on seeing that it appeared to be in excellent condition, I agreed to buy it.&nbsp; It was missing a steady rest, but of course I’d gotten one for it the day before.&nbsp; I hope “luck” isn’t a zero-sum game; if it is I gotta be real careful crossing streets, being outside in thunderstorms, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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