Neil":1pf3anqb said:
So Adam,
Watcha get?????
NeilCFD
Jet (Axminster) M600 lathe, (new price £250) auction price £110. Brand new - the damage was the cable had been in contact with the polysyrene packing, and ion migration had started. Took about 10 seconds to fix with a scrape of the cable. Fired it up yesterday - and it's soooo smooth. I've actually got one of these on order from Axminster, (they are out of stock currently) so will cancel my order (today - done!). Lest they send another one... :shock:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=APTCM600
Jet spindle Moulders. They gave out a revised catalogue when I got there, and they would no longer deliver - which I was hoping for. They said it was a "mistake" to have offered it. Bit of a bummer as that's what I really went for. Anyway, they were 2 of them and they went for £300 and £350 respectively. If they do it again, I'll take a van/taillift truck!
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=SSM1. These were in OK condition with just a "wipe-awayable" amount of rust on the tables. Bargian if I'd had a van with me.
Axminster (jet) Morticer. New Price £225, I paid £100. Have yet to work out why/what is wrong with it, to me, it looks mint.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=BM58
Jet sanding station. (brand new). New price £315, I paid £110. This was a three man lift into my car, and with my injured back I can't lift it back out, but then again, I don't think a thief will run off with it in a hurry!. Still got the grease paper on all the beds - it is missing the little slide mitre thingy I think. (this one I think
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=JSG96 ) but without the stand (which is extra). Mine is Jet branded. (really pleased with this :lol: )
12" Mitre Saw. (on behalf of a mate)
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=MS12C Some level of use, but can't decide how much. No scrapes/damage to the table/fence, but obviosly raised and lowered a few times. Suspect a shop/display item. £200 new, paid £45. No blade though, but got one from work gratis :wink:
Small 24V chop saw
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=AW190MS New £85, I paid £20. As my workshop is so small, I always have to cut long stock before it goes inside, especially timber for beehive stands. Although these saws are a bit manky, its just what I need to quickly cut a few bits of 2 x 2 or 3 x 2.
And a little perform compressor. New price 100, auction = £40. Not checked it over, but reckon its been used. Items were all marked as "AS" - as seen or "W" warrented for 3 months. I choose to only buy warrented items, which was probably over 90% of items, and why I was prepared to pay slightly more than I considered reasonable for auction prices.
The 1/2 routers went for up to £65 (new price 100) although that was only on the clearly absolutely brand news ones - typically they had one guide missing or similar. One guy paid over brand new list price for one item. Doh! The bargain of the day had to be a three phase bandsaw, brandnew, (a bit likeALF's) went for £35. Unbelieveable. They then sold a single phase motor that'd have fitted (some adaptor ring may be needed) for £25. So £60 for a £1K - 1.5K bandsaw. Needed transport though. A nice sedewick table saw (3-phase) went for around £6-700. and the 3-phase convertor went ridicously cheap. Would be well worth going with an eye to buying 3-phase and then converting. Most people simply weren't interested in bidding for it. Prices ranged from about 33-50% typically, (higher than I would have expected but then the stuff was warrented) some stuff up to about 85$ - dunno why, seemed little point when you could pay the extra and get brand new with a longer warranty and delivery. Everything 3-phase went so cheap you could pay the electricity board £750 notes for a conversion, and still be quids in on a £1K item!
All in all then, I got ~£1200 for a sniff over £400. With the two items I definately wanted (the sanding station and lathe) both brand new. It gave me a good insight into Axminster tools, I decided not to buy a router there in the end, I'll save my pennies for something better - and their were no "branded" power tools if I recall. I think for the future, I won't be buying their budget "white" range - their were a lot of returns. Even more of their planer thicknessers than advertised in the "additional" lots, they were selling 2 per pallet - presumably the mechanically competent were expected to salvage something out of the two. A pallet went for around £100-£150.
I'd say a bargain to be had if you knew exactly what you wanted, but loads of rubbish, which would require lots of effort. I'd be in two minds about going again, the only thing I'd go back for is a spindle moulder.
Some big lathes like this..... £2K went for <£200. Long bed, - problems like "no drive belt" or "no pulley". Relatively these are cheap things to fix.
Adam
