Old shop tools?

Rich

Rich

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Up in NJ, one of my grandparents have a radial arm saw and a wood worker's lathe. It's been in the basement for years (he's been gone for a long time now), though I did fire up the arm saw, and it works...

Is there any value to this kinda stuff? Excuse the lighting, makes everything look shitty..

We'll have to rent a trailer to bring this stuff back, so I need to know if it's even worth it...

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the lathe..

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Why Not??

I don't see why these wouldn't be just fine. Clean em' up some, then you got some Old School Classics. I say go for it.

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I have the same radial arm saw I got from a friend his dad had it in his garage. It isn't worth a whole lot but the motor went out in mine and I got it rebuilt for 28.00 bucks. The thing works great if I were you I would set up shop. I cut wood, metal and plastic not with the same blade of course.
 
If you are wanting to use these yourself, you'll never be happier AFTER you figure out all the adjustments, on the Radial Arm, I'll bet there are a slew of them, including truing/squaring the cut table to the blade and slide.

They are heavier, better built and will for the most part out run/last most ANYTHING built in the last 20+ years.

The "lathe" as you call it is a SHOPSMITH, do a google search, that tool is sort of a Leatherman with a cord, look around the shop for any more attatchments, cuz it was/is available with a bunch !!!

I have an old SAWSMITH radial arm saw I got from my dad, belt drive variable speed (with the belt) has drill chuck, and a sanding disc (12") has adjustments and features I still find everytime I use it.

The only thing I can tell you for sure about those machines, YOU have to be careful, they aren't built with your safety in mind. There are NO PROTECT ME FROM MYSELF features on these machines like the junk you buy today.

Nice find
 
As far as monetary value is concerned, if you can find all the attachments for the ShopSmith, it's worth a little something, maybe $1200 if you have everything. The DeWalt, not so much. You can buy newer radial arm saws out of the classifieds for $150 all day. They may not have the character, but they're cheap. The radial arm has kinda fallen out of favor for being big and sloppy. On the other hand, I know some people who use them and LOVE them. If you have the shop space for one, then you can do just about anything with it.

Get them, use them, and love them. That's what you're supposed to do with Granddad's old tools anyway.
 
Problem is, I have nowhere to keep them at all... My garage is bursting at the seams, and I don't have a basement.

I suppoose we could rent a storage unit, but it's gonna be a few years until we move, and that $40 a month would be $1500 by the time we move... I could buy something by then...
 
Rich said:
Problem is, I have nowhere to keep them at all... My garage is bursting at the seams, and I don't have a basement.
I suppoose we could rent a storage unit, but it's gonna be a few years until we move, and that $40 a month would be $1500 by the time we move... I could buy something by then...
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How many bedrooms is your current house ?



























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Blkvoodoo said:
How many bedrooms is your current house ?
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BWwwaaahahahah..

She is none too happy about the current state of the BR that is now chock full of parts for the cruiser.. (fuel cel, brake parts, springs galore, steering ram, etc.), I wonder if she'd notice if I replace those parts with tools.. hmmmm
 
Rich said:
BWwwaaahahahah..
She is none too happy about the current state of the BR that is now chock full of parts for the cruiser.. (fuel cel, brake parts, springs galore, steering ram, etc.), I wonder if she'd notice if I replace those parts with tools.. hmmmm
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But Honey?
I got the parts out of the room like you asked.

What?

What did I say?

Why should I sleep on the couch?
 
can you not just keep them where they are for now, and then when you move bring them down? or what about putting them in a friends garage/basement? I mean, free use of the tools if they donate the space is a damn good trade if you ask me. Then, when you're able, you can just move them to your place.
 
I might be willing to speed up my shed building for these :D

Hehe.
They look pretty cool, but if you aren't looking to do a lot of woodwork, probably try and find someone that's into the older tools.
They'd be "worth" more to that type of person. Prolly still not worth as much as they would to you, since they were your grand dad's.
 
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