lawrence
09-02-2013, 06:28 PM
In preparation for our upcoming trip around the US in an RV and move to England afterwards, I sold my lathe about a month ago.
Today was a big day though... the guy who bough my lathe made me an offer to buy the majority of my stationary tools...
Table Saw,
Planer
Jointer,
Router table and Incra LS system,
Grinder and Wolverine Jig
Workbench (it was very saddening to see this go...that thing has a lot of blood sweat and tears on it... and if it had ears would have learned quite a few curse words!)
Drill Press
Scroll Saw
He came today and I gave him a couple of hours of hands-on experience... then drove away with it all... all that remains is my Carvewright, a band saw, dust collector, and hand tools (and hand-held power tools like my domino and track saw etc)
Kind of a bummer, but it is exciting too as this means we really are nearing retirement/our RV trip in November.
In a kind of reverse-gloat- the sale of the tools netted me only $200 less than I paid for all the tools originally (though I couldn't replace them for that now due to inflation/weak dollar etc)
Next up is get the house ready and on the market later this month.
Just thought I'd share... LOML actually teared up a little after he pulled away - I just laughed and hugged her- "on to the next adventure" I said...(besides which, I'm certainly not deprived with the tools (or the family) that I do still have) - In fact, I'm a pretty lucky guy on both those counts.
Lawrence
Today was a big day though... the guy who bough my lathe made me an offer to buy the majority of my stationary tools...
Table Saw,
Planer
Jointer,
Router table and Incra LS system,
Grinder and Wolverine Jig
Workbench (it was very saddening to see this go...that thing has a lot of blood sweat and tears on it... and if it had ears would have learned quite a few curse words!)
Drill Press
Scroll Saw
He came today and I gave him a couple of hours of hands-on experience... then drove away with it all... all that remains is my Carvewright, a band saw, dust collector, and hand tools (and hand-held power tools like my domino and track saw etc)
Kind of a bummer, but it is exciting too as this means we really are nearing retirement/our RV trip in November.
In a kind of reverse-gloat- the sale of the tools netted me only $200 less than I paid for all the tools originally (though I couldn't replace them for that now due to inflation/weak dollar etc)
Next up is get the house ready and on the market later this month.
Just thought I'd share... LOML actually teared up a little after he pulled away - I just laughed and hugged her- "on to the next adventure" I said...(besides which, I'm certainly not deprived with the tools (or the family) that I do still have) - In fact, I'm a pretty lucky guy on both those counts.
Lawrence