aninventor
Aluminum
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2009
- Location
- Ohio - USA
I bought and paid for the two wade lathes and all the Wade parts etc that are there and I intend to do a restoration of at least one of them, but unfortunately I am 1,100 miles away right now and I will not be able to return to Ohio and go get them for a month or so. I am quite concerned that some of these parts may sprout legs before I can get there and pick them up. It is not so much that I distrust the seller, it is more that he is an 18 year old who knows absolutely nothing about machinery, cannot identify what goes with what, and he is not inclined to take photos or to search for things either. So, someone else could grab parts that belong to the Wade. Making matters worse, he goes to Ebay and sees and places high ebay prices on things even though they may not be similar or apply. In my experience he was very hard to deal with - or at least that was my experience. He wants to negotiate hard for his asking price but he knows nothing about what he is negotiating over, and he seems a bit paranoid that some one is going to get the best of him. He attempted to use information from me to try to raise the price.
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone who goes there to pick up or look at something else would take a few minutes and look around for the cross and top slides and for the draw bars and collets for these lathes. The second Wade lathe on the garage floor has these slide parts and can be used for reference if a Wade is new to you, but there should be a second set of the slide parts somewhere and they may be in better condition than those on the lathe on the floor. That lathe is pretty rough. Same goes for the missing handles and apron parts from the second lathe on the floor - probably some where. There may be a steady or follow rest or face plate etc some where too. The stuff in the boxes on the floor next to these lathes is supposed to be part of our deal too, so pictures of that would be appreciated greatly. Photo of the cabinet under drive would be appreciated too.
Also, someone mentioned that they saw the Wade collets and that they were on the shelf in the basement next to the Rivett lathe. The Rivett lathe takes 5C collets which are very much like Wade 8A collets - same diameter and same head angle. The biggest differences are that the Wade collets have buttress threads with one sloped and one straight face on their profile - like saw teeth instead of two sloped sides like bolt V threads, thread pitch is 16 for wade and 20 for 5C, and the Wade collets are about 0.6 inch longer than 5C. Wade collets may be marked Wade on the side or 8W or 8WN or 8A or unmarked on the nose. If you find them, please have them put in a box and put them in the Wade cabinet for me. Let me know how many there are please.
Same goes for the belt cover castings and the motor assembly with clutch and drive pulley and etc. There are lots of parts missing from the second lathe and I would like to get as many of them as possible.
There may be a steady or follow rest or some other specific Wade tooling and I need to have those too.
Again, I would greatly appreciate any assistance in getting all the Wade parts and accessories available. The collets and draw bars should go with the lathes but beyond that I have agreed to pay a bit extra if there are other valuable accessories, so please do not comment on values as that will only make him negotiate harder.
I know it is a lot to ask for you to get involved in my transaction, but my butt is stuck out here and any help would be greatly appreciated.
As some background - the machinery is from his now deceased father's shop. His father was a 55 yr old physics professor at north western university and passed a year or two ago. His mother is a physics professor there too. The seller is the 18 year old son and he is leaving to go off to college now. Apparently, very little of anything of what is still there is operational now as is. As shown in the photos, there are piles of stuff on the floor etc. There are still a number of machines to be photographed and placed for sale. I assume he is doing some pricing research via Google and Ebay. He said the Rivett has sold for the asking price of $2,000. A number of smaller newer mini lathes etc have previously been sold too.
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone who goes there to pick up or look at something else would take a few minutes and look around for the cross and top slides and for the draw bars and collets for these lathes. The second Wade lathe on the garage floor has these slide parts and can be used for reference if a Wade is new to you, but there should be a second set of the slide parts somewhere and they may be in better condition than those on the lathe on the floor. That lathe is pretty rough. Same goes for the missing handles and apron parts from the second lathe on the floor - probably some where. There may be a steady or follow rest or face plate etc some where too. The stuff in the boxes on the floor next to these lathes is supposed to be part of our deal too, so pictures of that would be appreciated greatly. Photo of the cabinet under drive would be appreciated too.
Also, someone mentioned that they saw the Wade collets and that they were on the shelf in the basement next to the Rivett lathe. The Rivett lathe takes 5C collets which are very much like Wade 8A collets - same diameter and same head angle. The biggest differences are that the Wade collets have buttress threads with one sloped and one straight face on their profile - like saw teeth instead of two sloped sides like bolt V threads, thread pitch is 16 for wade and 20 for 5C, and the Wade collets are about 0.6 inch longer than 5C. Wade collets may be marked Wade on the side or 8W or 8WN or 8A or unmarked on the nose. If you find them, please have them put in a box and put them in the Wade cabinet for me. Let me know how many there are please.
Same goes for the belt cover castings and the motor assembly with clutch and drive pulley and etc. There are lots of parts missing from the second lathe and I would like to get as many of them as possible.
There may be a steady or follow rest or some other specific Wade tooling and I need to have those too.
Again, I would greatly appreciate any assistance in getting all the Wade parts and accessories available. The collets and draw bars should go with the lathes but beyond that I have agreed to pay a bit extra if there are other valuable accessories, so please do not comment on values as that will only make him negotiate harder.
I know it is a lot to ask for you to get involved in my transaction, but my butt is stuck out here and any help would be greatly appreciated.
As some background - the machinery is from his now deceased father's shop. His father was a 55 yr old physics professor at north western university and passed a year or two ago. His mother is a physics professor there too. The seller is the 18 year old son and he is leaving to go off to college now. Apparently, very little of anything of what is still there is operational now as is. As shown in the photos, there are piles of stuff on the floor etc. There are still a number of machines to be photographed and placed for sale. I assume he is doing some pricing research via Google and Ebay. He said the Rivett has sold for the asking price of $2,000. A number of smaller newer mini lathes etc have previously been sold too.
