Thread: eBay wins and losses.

Congrads, Nice shaper.
Lucky for you I bought a mill last week

Yeah, I was looking lustfully at the DSG lathe. Bit far away for me and I was a little concerned about the gear issues. Besides that, I don't really have anywhere to put it. Damb!!!!

Cheers

Ropetangler ,
its a small world , i was the third highest bidder on that shaper . I was going to bid higher but didn`t . good to see it go to a good home and i will be looking forward to seeing some photos of it in action in the future

plushy

No apologies needed regarding the shaper ,just make sure you get all rust of the ways before you run it .Looks like surface rust only .Once you get it cleaned up ,then you can make recompense by sending it onto me.
Id have trouble justifying the machine to the Missus any way ,I just laid out a wad of money on a new tablesaw.

The lathe looks almost identical to my Edgwick tool room lathe ,probably of the same vintage .Speeds are similar range.
A good solid machine.
Check the lathes Uk website he has manuals and stuff for all types of machines , a bit pricey but if you need a manual its probably worth it.

Kev.

That's a nice looking shaper you got, by the look of it it's a 450mm stroke? good luck with the move.

Dave

Ropetangler ,
if your chasing a manual or parts for the shaper try APEX machinery in melbourne .
Machine manual, operator manual, manuals, Deckel and Tos from Apex Machinery

they have a manual for a Sacia L450-E listed on there website .

cheers , Plushy

Thanks for the good wishes and advice on the shaper which hopefully will soon be mine and in my possession. Since losing the band-saw I am not counting the chickens before they hatch, so it won't really be mine till I have it in my shed!
Stustoys, I know what you mean, if I hadn't lost the band-saw, I may not have gone as hard at the shaper. I , like Enfield Guy, was very interested in the DSG, as well. Had it still had no bids with time running out, I would have had it for $1500. It eventually got a bid, and the bidder must have only put a low, maybe 1500 on it and then thought that someone else might beat him to it at the last moment, so he upped his bid to a figure of $1600 or more.
Good thing he did too, as although I didn't hold any real hope of success, and being aware of the strains I had already put on our budget, I put a bid of 1600 in the final seconds of the auction. He must already have had at least that much on it so I lost out on that one. I would have had to employ some fancy footwork with my Domestic Goddess if I had won it as besides the 1600 dollars, i'd have to have found possibly another grand to get it home. Like you Enfield Guy, I don't have room for the shaper let alone the DSG, but tomorrow morning at 0800 a fellow from down the road is coming with his excavator to prepare a pad for an ex- refrigerated container, a 20' hi cube, which is to be temporary accommodation for it. A proper shed remains on the drawing board, or is that the back burner. As it is I will only get about half of the container as I have to partition it for storage of household clutter, too precious to throw out but used only infrequently or even owned by adult children now overseas.
Yes Dave it is one with a 450mm stroke, and for anyone interested the link below gives the specs for the machine - mine is the smallest of this bunch.
http://www.alruqee.net/machine_tools...50E-PAGE21.pdf
Thanks to you too Kev (Woodlee) for the advice re cleaning rust before operating and before sending it up to you.
Finally thanks Plushy for the heads up on manuals - I don't know yet if the original one comes with it, but very handy to know a local source. I do know a guy in U.K. Fazerblazer, who does this sort of thing and even sends PDF files via e-mail if you prefer and is very reasonable pricewise. Fazerblazer is his eBay moniker, his real name is Steve, and I have found him most pleasant. He has loads of manuals if you are chasing one for older machines.
Thanks to all for the encouragement and other assistance, Cheers for now,
Ropetangler