Taking the idea from Gambles thread, everyone loves a good score on Craigslist or other classified ad. So post your finds here; welders, tools, whatever.
Lets see what you got!!
HOBART210MPV
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Taking the idea from Gambles thread, everyone loves a good score on Craigslist or other classified ad. So post your finds here; welders, tools, whatever.
Lets see what you got!!
....you said 'or whatever"...does that include CraigsList personals ads?
Brand new Bernard 300 amp Mig w/ 10 ft whip. eBay auction $13 & $17.50 shipping.
After eBay fees and truckin down to UPS the poor guy barely had enough money to buy a coffee.
I bought this little jewel for a $100.. It didn't run, with a whole lot of cleaning, carb rebuild, both boards rebuilt, and fresh paint, and a whole lot of fun using for a year, flipped this baby for $1400. back on Craigslist.
I bought this little jewel for a $100.. It didn't run, with a whole lot of cleaning, carb rebuild, both boards rebuilt, and fresh paint, and a whole lot of fun using for a year, flipped this baby for $1400. back on Craigslist.
That is super sweet!
Nice job.
HOBART210MPV
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I got this for $200 on Craigslist it was pretty beat up and the 50' 2/0 leads looked like an add for electrical tape but it worked. I sunk about $70 bucks into it for paint and new leads.
My "collection":
Homemade Stick Welder
Victor O/A Torch
AC 225
Ideal Arc 250
HF 90 Amp Flux Core
HF Mig 170
Solar 2020 Plasma Cutter
Power i-Mig 140E
Harris O/A torch
HF Dual Mig 131
140ST
Alpha Tig 200x
The Lincoln engine drive was a good, easy to work on machine. I worked at a fence company that used them for aux. 115 volt power or running 1/8' 6013. Never had a problem with the smaller gas tank as we might have ran them for an hour a day, 2-3 times a week. I liked the battery box, too. Easy to jump start, unlike the current Miller's with the buried battery. Good quality running gear.
Vintage Rockwell Pedestal Buffer. Manufactured in Pittsburgh, PA in 1969. 1/2 Hp motor with dual shaft, dual voltage, 3600rip'ems. Configured with Woodcraft, razor sharpening edge making 8" wheels -- slotted and non-slotted. 5/8"-12 RH and LH nuts on shaft. $75.
Will be installing 3M 6x1x1 deburring wheels for touch-up work on mild and stainless steels.
"Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
That is a 2015 model with slow pulse only, not high speed pulse. Also warranty is not transferable. I can set you up with a new one with full warranty delivered to your doorstep for close to that offer.
Brand new 2016's can be had for $700. That's the reasoning with my "offer". I was really just being an ***. It is on my watch list, just not quite at this moment.
This motor drive Hobart for $175. Detailed as nicely as a show car. 300 amp 10 speed unit, with the fine adjust removable to use as a remote.
Huh? What did you say? I can't hear you over the welder. Because of the noise of the fan and the brushes it needs longer leads, but it welds almost as sweet as my engine drive Lincoln.
Vintage Rockwell Pedestal Buffer. Manufactured in Pittsburgh, PA in 1969. 1/2 Hp motor with dual shaft, dual voltage, 3600rip'ems. Configured with Woodcraft, razor sharpening edge making 8" wheels -- slotted and non-slotted. 5/8"-12 RH and LH nuts on shaft. $75.
Will be installing 3M 6x1x1 deburring wheels for touch-up work on mild and stainless steels.
I use a 6" setup for all my sharpening and it is great , puts razor edge on a knife in two minutes.
A machining company was going out of business not too far from me so I bought these items in the online auction.
The total cost was $420.
I ended up with the following:
10" rotary table $105
10" three jaw chuck $55
8" rotary table $50
5 boxes of hold down tooling $60
1 box of double end mills $55
2 boxes of lathe bits, box of boring bars, 3 rivet guns, hacksaw blades and some weird three sides knives, 20 pieces of round stock I am going to use for third hand weights. These items were unsold so I offered $36 and it was accepted
Add in the auctioneers premium and I am out $420. I am happy and may sell some of the items to recoup my expenses
Millermatic 252 MIG
Miller Dynasty 200DX TIG
Altas 12x36 Metal Lathe
Bridgeport Milling Machine
Arclight Dynamics 4x8 plasma table www.psacustomcreations.com
This could potentially be a good score. Anyone know how much one of the boards cost that they are refering to? I asume they meant pc board. If i can get them repaired for a decent price i might look into this.
The local tech school near me where my cousin teaches has had to destroy the circuit boards when the manufacturer donates or sells the school new ones way cheaper than msrp.
He's told me that he has taken hammers to the boards while the manufacturers rep watched him.
I've been lucky to pick a few up and thanks to him, not all are hit in the same spot...so some extra time and some decent soldering tools, I've been able to save a few from the dumpster...had to kinda sneak them out of the dumpster but here in GA, when you toss it in the garbage it technically doesn't belong to anyone
This could potentially be a good score. Anyone know how much one of the boards cost that they are refering to? I asume they meant pc board. If i can get them repaired for a decent price i might look into this.
Wouldn't touch them for $400 a piece. You'll spend more than it's worth to fix it. Main board prolly gonna be in the $600-1200 range. Just a guess, but if it has more problems (they usually do) it'll be pointless to spend the money.
There's a real good reason ppl put stuff like this on CL and play dumb. They already took them into service and found out it was gonna cost a truckload of money to repair them.
I sent him a text asking what curcuit board needed replacement and all he said was the tech he talked to told him the pc board needed to be replaced. I wish i knew more about it. If i could buy one for $400 and it only needs a couple hundred in repair it would be worth it, but i dont know if i want to take that risk.
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Taking the idea from Gambles thread, everyone loves a good score on Craigslist or other classified ad. So post your finds here; welders, tools, whatever.
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. It didn't run, with a whole lot of cleaning, carb rebuild, both boards rebuilt, and fresh paint, and a whole lot of fun using for a year, flipped this baby for $1400. back on Craigslist.
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