Well, my "new tool" hasn't arrived yet, but I do own it.
I buy from online auctions, I'll sometime monitor the action to follow hammer prices as they don't publish the hammer price after the auction is over. To keep tabs on going prices sometimes I'll place a low entry bid, fully expecting to lose. But by placing a bid it allows me to see the hammer price well after the auction is over.
I was going to be offline for most of wednesday, so I put in entry level bids on a couple of items. Shockingly, I won both, apparently the auction was not well attended. On the plus side, I won a stacked Kennedy roller set. I can use those two boxes. But probably not the tools that come with it!
What I was not ready for was winning an 11" metal lathe on a base cabinet. Totally out of my skill and knowledge set here. The auction has a single rigger they allow you to use, and this rigger is not an option, I was quoted an absurd price to just have them load it on my trailer. So I'll likely break this down into manageable pieces to get it out of there, onto my trailer, and into my <gasp> basement shop.
Spent a bit of time on Vintage Machinery today, downloaded a couple manuals. It has variable speed, so I'll need to take a few parts off in the cabinet underneath to get the drive belts off the spindle assembly. It's not the lathe I would have chosen, but in my preliminary research the lathe itself is well regarded, though parts can be hard to come by. Hopefully I won't need any.
Delta Rockwell 25-100. At 11" it's big enough, but not too big. I'm a hobbyist. Seems to be a good lathe if it's in good shape. If not I'll figure something out.
I'm sort of excited. And also a bit scared! This is NOT in my wheelhouse. Hopefully I'll have a good story to tell and a few photos to post Monday.
