Old Heavy Duty Woodworking Machines
Woodboat | Posted in Power Tools and Machinery on
Hello All,
I’m setting up a new boat shop to build wooden boats. I’m looking for sources to purchase old heavy duty woodworking machinery to outfit some of the necessary equipment in the shop. Jointer, planner, bandsaw, etc. I’ve been watching E-bay but I have some reservations about purchasing from an unknown source.
Does anyone know of sources for old heavy duty machines?
Thanks………………..Woodboat
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Woodboat, where are you located?
If you're in the general VA area, Bob Vaughan has re-built and some new stuff.
He can be contacted at:
Vaughan, Robert M
4514 Kirkwood Dr
ROANOKE, VA 24018
540-774-1745
Regards,
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Regarding ebay refine your search to your area and inspect the interesting items. If they say no, move on.
Try the "machinery exchange" section at the Woodweb site......lots of industrial machines listed.
Chip
Simplest solution is to use the technique before the net called the Yellow pages of the largest metropolitan city or the online version and look up woodworking machinery. There's a magazine called Woodshop News that has regional classifieds for machinery. Also try http://www.exfactory.com I have a feeling your idea of heavy duty is my medium duty. It's really a simple thing to find what you are looking. Much more complicated to figure out if it's really the best tool fot the application as it
Woodboat- I've got the perfect guy for you, if you don't mind a little travel. I'm in northern Illinois, and I found a guy who has two warehouses full of old american cast iron!!! His lifelong business has been restoring and reselling them to serious woodworking enthusiasts and commercial users. I have a 1957 Northfield Jointer which he set up which is incredible. The president of Northfield, when contacted by me for info on the jointer, actually knew of his work and highly recommended him. To say that I'm pleased is an understatement. His name is Ben Rock, from Pleasant Street Machinery, in Dekalb, Illinois. He has 10 of everything you could need, and I swear his knowledge of parts for these machines, how to set them up, etc... is unbelievable. The # I have for him is (815)758-6534. He should be able to help you.
JC
If you really mean "heavy duty", check out one of the closed naval shipyards. Here in Charleston, S.C. many businesses lease and uses those old facilities and equipment. Some of it is also sold. One of my buddies leases a huge shop for his furniture manufacturing business. He sub-lets to others to cover his rent and still has more equipment and space than he could possibly use. Some of the boat builders in town also choose to locate their shops there. There are closed bases all over the country; if you're near water, you're probably close to one.
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