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Wish I had the power to run thismin my garage

50hp Good Lord! I can't even dream of project big enough that would make use of the size that machine. It does look like a beautiful chunk of cast iron tho. If that machine is in good shape that would be a really good deal if a person did need a mill of that size
 
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Response back from seller below.

my comment go see the photos link at bottom. Anybody lathe shopping this very well might be worth the trip.


Hi John,
I'm helping out my friend Shane Carr who owns all this iron. He's retiring
and needs to clean out his shop.
Shane had a nice business doing work for Westinghouse years ago until they
closed their Vancouver ops.
http://www.carrsmachining.com/
After that he couldn't keep his employees and basically ran it as a one man
shop for the past ten years. He just likes to collect old American machines.
Many of these he saved from scrappers and restored them and used them every
day in his job shop. He's now bought a shop on Vancouver Island but the
majority of the iron has to go, and by the end of next month.
All of these machines have been either rebuilt or put back to perfect
running order. One of the Monarch 62's had the ways reground, it's like
new. Many have interesting stories..


If you look up user collector on practical machinist you'll see Shane's
posts.
I'd really like to find homes for this stuff. There's some real bargains
too, three #5 cinci horizontals with power overarns. All three for $5k.
Or a 15x60 Churchill surface grinder that has no takers at 5k..
There's a bunch of project lathes as well, a pacemaker with minor issues
for 5k, and a big lodge and shipley that is partially dis assembled. Along
with several other older lathes that would go for 1k each.
Thanks for the interest.
Chris
[email protected]
Shane is an amazing machinist and a real gentleman and has a huge amount of
pride in his shop.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=YmxROW1xTDFsVGF2TDRJYUt6Z0F2QUt1VkZlcVl3
 
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Machines look great but they are BIG (on links provided). Some are more useful then others - like the boring mill and the 16" swing lathe. But pricing is not in the range of "buy it now great deal" for machines that actually have commercial value. I know few years ago I saw for $1000 an add for large 50 taper mill that was in working order just sitting outside. The problem with these machines is that they simply are too big for a workshop and their factory use days a long gone due to CNC.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=YmxROW1xTDFsVGF2TDRJYUt6Z0F2QUt1VkZlcVl3

towards the bottom you see that the machines are very densely packed. Looks like he indeed done a lot of collecting and restoring. It feels like used machinery dealer. Many of the smaller lathes are in home shop size. Requirement to have it all gone in few weeks seem strange. Here is the inventory (not all items / not all for sale)
  • 1 CNC Milling Center
  • 1 CNC Turning Center
  • Z Printing
  • 11 Manual Lathes
  • 3 Turret Lathes
  • 4 Bridgeport Manual Milling Machines
  • 3 Horizontal Boring Mills
  • 1 Vertical Boring Mill
  • 1 Radial Drill
  • 5 Shapers
  • 1 Dynamic Balancer
  • 3 Welding Machings
  • 2 10 Ton Overhead Cranes
  • 1 5 Ton Overhead Crane
  • 1 Washing & Blast Cleaning Machine
 
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