Garage sale find

[gad5264]

I am not much of a yard sale person but as I was driving down my street on Saturday morning something caught my eye so I stopped. I went right to the small DC sitting off to the side by itself. The lady came over to me as I was looking at it and asked me if I wanted to take it in the garage and plug it in. I did and everything checked out just great so I ended up bringing it home with me.

She said her ex husband moved out about 6 months ago and he left it in the crawl space. She said if it was that important to him he would have took it with him.

I do not really need it but decided to buy it and I think I am going to make it a dedicated unit for my lathe.



Take home price......$20

[LCHIEN]

ha. good catch. wish I had a little unit like that for the tools on the far side of the garage. I guess the old shop vac will have to do for a while longer.

[crokett]

I have almost that same exact unit, also from a garage sale. Build a separator for it. The intake is that port on the side. There is a grid over it that gets clogged with anything over the size of sawdust. I plan to build a frame over mine and have the separator sit above the unit on the frame.

[dbhost]

For some reason I see a cyclone project about to happen...

[luteman]

Your garage sale find reminds me of the $100 Corvette story which is an urban legend. Similar scenario: Guy finds ad in local paper showing late model Corvette for sale $100.Thinking it a joke, guy drives out to address in ad and finds a nearly new Corvette.Woman comes out and confirms car is indeed for sale for $100. When asked why so cheap, she said her ex told her to sell the car and send him the money!!!!

[Mr__Bill]

This will make you cry...
Neighbor was driving through Santa Rosa CA (sp?) and needed gas. Got lost and drove by a garage sale. He told me they had a lot of Monkey Wards tools for sale at $50 each. I asked if he was sure they were Wards, he said Yup they all had Powermatic on them!


Bill, who lives in the middle of nowhere

[BearPipes-1]

Wow, even if they were Wards Powr-Kraft tools, many of those were built by solid manufacturers like Rockwell and Logan.

But I get a little achy thinking about Powermatic tools being sold for one Grant each.

That useful kind of ignorance doesn't seem to be found in my neighborhood.