Isn't it saddening

[Trevanion]

I was browsing the bay when I came across these machines for sale.

To think there are thousands of people out there wanting nice kit to use and these were just sitting in the middle of some field somewhere rotting away. It would be interesting to know the circumstances behind it. Not even sure you could bring these back from the dead, they look a little too far gone.

 

[TFrench]

I've seen that listing. See it so often - there was an idiot near me who had a jensen interceptor on his drive, lots of not for sale signs on it. Tarp went over it, exhaust fell off etc. Eventually I saw the scrap men literally shovelling it onto a truck. Not quite sure what letting £30k's worth of car rot to nothing proves, apart from you being an idiot... (same guy is now sporting a rolls royce in the same place)

 

[katellwood]

My multico tenoner was not as bad as that however I think that could be bought back.

In my experience there is usually little decay/rot in the oily bits and the bed bars and bearings are easily replaced quite cheaply, I replaced mine with solid steel but the originals are tube

I also replaced the motors for single phase

For those interested my multico restoration

multico-tenoner-restoration-t62806.html

 

[MikeG.]

..........

Wallace.

WALLACE!!

Calling Wallace. Earth to Wallace. Wallace, come in please......... :lol: :lol:

 

[sunnybob]

Rubbing an open wound here. With my ongoing attempts to buy a table saw, I spoke to a man on saturday who has one in his garage 15 miles from me. Been there for three years unused, likely to stay that way. Wouldnt sell it to me despite me waving folding money under his nose.
I have tried to get a machine from a woman in the UK who's husband died last year and has a workshop full of woodworking tools. Wont part with ANY of them. Doesnt even know whats in there.

Excuse me a moment, I need to go and shoot something.

 

[wallace]

I saw them, its a crying shame. The big saw and maybe the planer are salvageable but would take some serious work. I took a hard look at the double spindle moulder and that is toast. Shame because it is a rare beast and worth £3k in useable condition

 

[bourbon]

Nowt so queer as folk. We, and I know people, who do the same thing. Mate of mine has a Riley RME and a RMA, we shifted them down his garden, They wouldn't have taken that much to get right again. He then had an extension built and can't get them out at all! We just cannot fathom it out!

 

[Noel]

1 bid for £350 lifted the lot earlier this morning. The same price the seller is asking for a pair of used high heeled shoes............ And yes, sad that such things are effectively discarded.
Good of the seller to describe the listing as "Condition is Used" just in case.....

 

[Keith 66]

All of those are fixable, a lot depends on if you desire to restore it inc paint so it gleams. If you want a machine that will just work i reckon its a fairly quick job.
When i set up my boatyard I got a heads up on three machines, A Wadkin bandsaw, Dankaert circ saw & Wadkin morticer, all were big machines & when we took the truck over to the woodyard they were in it was a demolition site & all were laying flat in the mud.
The circ saw had been ripped out of the ground by a jcb still bolted to a concrete slab & the mounting lugs for the table had been smashed off, the table was in two pieces. It took a weeks work to fabricate new mounting lugs & fishplate the table back together. It wasnt pretty but that saw was accurate & served another 15 years before it expired.

 

[Vann]

All of those are fixable, a lot depends on if you desire to restore it inc paint so it gleams. If you want a machine that will just work i reckon its a fairly quick job...

I bought an old Wadkin CK radial arm saw last year. $60 (~£30). I knew it was in poor condition, and as I already have one, I bought it for spare parts (ball lever handles, switchgear, etc.).
When I picked it up I found it was one of four radial arm saws the guy had. The others were a Wadkin CC; a Trojan (local brand); and a White ED. All had been sitting in a paddock for at least 10 years - estimated by the depth of corrosion on some mild steel parts.

Was it fixable? Yes. New bearings, parts and machining to the value of $1000-$2000 might have done it - but as these sell in working condition for $150 - $300 over here that wasn't going to happen.

The White was a classic machine - almost worth the expenditure. Why people abandon good machines like that I don't know :roll:

Cheers, Vann.

 

[Trevanion]

Turns out these didn't sell in the end as I've just seen them again on the bay, and they're asking £500 for them now! I imagine they're only worth a little bit more than scrap value as is.