Hello Practical Machinist Forum Community,
I am new to the community and this is my first post. I don't know if this the right place for this, so my apologies in advance.
I have inherited a small machine shop from my brother located in Silver Spring, MD. He retired as a machinist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and also ran his own machinist business. I am not a machinist and know next to nothing about his tools or machines. In his basement he had about a dozen machines, including some drill presses, lathes, grinders, polishers, bandsaws, metal brakes, drills bits, sandblaster etc. The companies are Bridgeport, Hardhenge, DoALL, i think.
I've attached some pictures of some of the machines and tools.
Can anyone tell what would be a reasonable value for these machines and tools if anything? Or how I can determine a reasonable value? Would they be considered scrap metal?
If they have some reasonable value, how can I sell these machines? Are there machine shop brokers who will buy some or all of the machines in my area: Maryland? A local sale/auction?
The machine shop is located in walk-in basement in a single family house, so in my guess it would take some serious muscle to move them out, but he got them in there somehow.
All advice and guidance would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Jonathan W.
I am new to the community and this is my first post. I don't know if this the right place for this, so my apologies in advance.
I have inherited a small machine shop from my brother located in Silver Spring, MD. He retired as a machinist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and also ran his own machinist business. I am not a machinist and know next to nothing about his tools or machines. In his basement he had about a dozen machines, including some drill presses, lathes, grinders, polishers, bandsaws, metal brakes, drills bits, sandblaster etc. The companies are Bridgeport, Hardhenge, DoALL, i think.
I've attached some pictures of some of the machines and tools.
Can anyone tell what would be a reasonable value for these machines and tools if anything? Or how I can determine a reasonable value? Would they be considered scrap metal?
If they have some reasonable value, how can I sell these machines? Are there machine shop brokers who will buy some or all of the machines in my area: Maryland? A local sale/auction?
The machine shop is located in walk-in basement in a single family house, so in my guess it would take some serious muscle to move them out, but he got them in there somehow.
All advice and guidance would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Jonathan W.
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