{"id":2479,"date":"2009-01-06T11:50:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2009-01-06T11:50:30","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T16:50:30","slug":"ebay-will-not-leave-me-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2479","title":{"rendered":"Ebay Will Not Leave me Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big Old Tools are Cheap<\/em><\/p>\n

I still need a few basic tools in order to accomplish anything with wood. One of those tools is a drill press, although I have a Sears drill guide which may be useful for some jobs.<\/p>\n

Here is an item which shows why a big shop (unlike mine) is good to have: CLICK.<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s a Powermatic 1150 drill press. It has a 3\/4 HP Baldor motor. It goes fast. It goes slow. It has a 6″ stroke. And look at the asking price: $650. And it’s within half a day’s drive. I don’t think it will work with 1-phase 220, but a new Ebay motor would not cost a whole lot.<\/p>\n

There is a lot of stuff like this on the market right now. The beautiful 8″ Powermatic jointer I mentioned recently sold for much less than the cost of a crummy little Chinese job.<\/p>\n

The drill press wouldn’t be a bad buy, if I had a place to put it. It’s a 15″ machine, but for some reason, it takes up a lot more room than a typical 17″ drill press.<\/p>\n

The nice thing about old machines like this is that they don’t cost anything. You can buy them for X dollars and sell them for the same amount or more. A Steel City drill press would probably do more stuff, since it has a 17″ swing compared to this one’s 15″. But the minute I got a new Steel City drill press home, the value would drop from $500 to $350, and I could kiss the sales tax goodbye.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’ll offer this guy $50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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