Howdy all. Please limit exchanges on this thread. It is intended for posting "Needs Saving". Don't be surprised or offended if all your commentary type posts simply disappear - and that includes this one of mine.

John Oder

I said this before and I will say it again. This is not the best way to extract value from a machine. THis is the best way to extract an audit from the IRS and all the appropriate penalties should be expected. And god help you if this is not the only fast deal you try to put over on the IRS in the last 7 years! Off all the sleeping giants to mess with, this is one you best leave alone.

John, go ahead and cleanup the thread.

I saw this on CL this morning. I'm not educated on old lathes but I thought it might be something interesting. *** ANTIQUE LATHE ***
Les

My shop is a bit crowded at the moment so I'm going to pass on this nice looking machine. It's a small and early-appearing Monarch, 9-inch swing, 16-inches between centers. It doesn't really appear to be in any threat of smelting, but it's an interesting machine that someone here might like as a little companion to their larger Monarch (does that make it a pupa?):

Monarch 9" Metal Turning Lathe

I'm not the seller or associated with him. It just popped up during my usual CL searches. It's been listed for a few days and the price is posted in the ad so I'm not too worried about steping on anyone's ongoing attempt to buy this. But if I have, accept my appology in advance. I won't be able to modify my post for very long, but if the link creates any hard feelings I encourage the moderators to simply delete my post.

Hopefull someone here retrieves it and posts a nice thread full of pictures. Dearborn is a suburb of Detroit, about 10 miles west on I-94. I'm not too far away and could probably pick it up and endure some short-term storage (what torture!) if the buyer can make arrangements with the seller.

Good luck,

Bob

I couldn't help myself, I ended up swaping a shaper for the little Monarch. Thanks Frank, it was nice meeting you and I'll see you at NAMES.

Bob

Good morning,
I saw this on the Dallas CL. http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/for/1635149078.html



1896 cincinnati knee mill milling machine

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I sent the seller, Jeff, an email asking for his price. He responded $500 obo.
Les

The ones this old had big size numbers - what I mean is an 1896 #3 was the same as a #2 size just a few years later.

1897 Cinc Scans pictures by johnoder - Photobucket

John Oder