afeef745
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I picked this up at an auction last summer and bringing it home was a real ordeal. From talking to previous owner and auctioneer, it was housed in a structure that used to be a lean-to-shed to a detached garage. But at some point that lean to was closed off and only accessible from the inside through the detached garage.
It was online auction, and when I got there I noticed a problem right away. The door was like less than 30 in wide, and no way this table was fitting through that door. That made me real upset as this table was the main reason I bid on this lot (there was a Charles Parker vise and random assortment of tools on the bench under the table). I went and complained to the auctioneer, who by that time knew me well as I had been bidding on several of his past auctions. He went and looked at it and saw the problem. His 'helper' flat out said he isnt helping me as this is big and heavy. So we both came to conclusion that only way I am getting this table out was for me to somehow take it apart. Auctioneer was able to get hold of the previous owner/property owner, and they were fine with me going back the next day and taking it apart to get it out as it was getting dark that evening and this shed/garage didnt had electric.
So I took off from work, gathered a whole bunch of tools as this was about an hour drive from my home, and off I went with my wife to get this thing home. I start to slowly take it apart and realize all the bolts that I was meaning to looses to take the work bench apart were old style and had square shaped nuts holding them in. Would have been much easier with hex nuts as I could have use ratchet and socket.
Fast forward 2-3 hours and I was able to take the bench apart. There wasnt any keys to the drawers, and they were heavy. Later on I found out the roof of the lean to shed used to leak when it rains and it was full of water. It was clear that this table had been neglected for a long time, and as you can see its rusting on the top. I feel good about "rescuing" this piece of past glory from that shed. It was a whole day of work for me and my wife to pick it up and load in the truck bed.
Anyway, the reason I am posting is if someone can tell me some details about this table. Oh I forgot to mention it is 6 feet wide. Not that I bought it to re-sell, but would like to know how much would it be worth today? And also, how do I go about fixing the top/work area so I can put tools on it and not worry about workbench make the tools rust as well.
Thanks a lot
It was online auction, and when I got there I noticed a problem right away. The door was like less than 30 in wide, and no way this table was fitting through that door. That made me real upset as this table was the main reason I bid on this lot (there was a Charles Parker vise and random assortment of tools on the bench under the table). I went and complained to the auctioneer, who by that time knew me well as I had been bidding on several of his past auctions. He went and looked at it and saw the problem. His 'helper' flat out said he isnt helping me as this is big and heavy. So we both came to conclusion that only way I am getting this table out was for me to somehow take it apart. Auctioneer was able to get hold of the previous owner/property owner, and they were fine with me going back the next day and taking it apart to get it out as it was getting dark that evening and this shed/garage didnt had electric.
So I took off from work, gathered a whole bunch of tools as this was about an hour drive from my home, and off I went with my wife to get this thing home. I start to slowly take it apart and realize all the bolts that I was meaning to looses to take the work bench apart were old style and had square shaped nuts holding them in. Would have been much easier with hex nuts as I could have use ratchet and socket.
Fast forward 2-3 hours and I was able to take the bench apart. There wasnt any keys to the drawers, and they were heavy. Later on I found out the roof of the lean to shed used to leak when it rains and it was full of water. It was clear that this table had been neglected for a long time, and as you can see its rusting on the top. I feel good about "rescuing" this piece of past glory from that shed. It was a whole day of work for me and my wife to pick it up and load in the truck bed.
Anyway, the reason I am posting is if someone can tell me some details about this table. Oh I forgot to mention it is 6 feet wide. Not that I bought it to re-sell, but would like to know how much would it be worth today? And also, how do I go about fixing the top/work area so I can put tools on it and not worry about workbench make the tools rust as well.
Thanks a lot
