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Thread: This will make you cry...
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1st November 2007, 11:01 AM #1
This will make you cry...
Went to pick up my new bandsaw today. What? This is the wrong area of the forum? Let me finish... I snapped up this bandsaw for around AUD250. The accessories that came with it are worth more. An elderly man had rented their house and he'd recently died. He had no children and the owners of the house were distant relatives. They just wanted everything gone so they could sell the place...
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So anyway, I drove 450 km to pick it up. When I got there, they asked me if I was interested in two routers... I calmly said I would take a look...
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This is the Elu MOF 96 E Type 2 with fine adjuster, carry case, a bunch of quality bits, two bushes and the dust extraction gear. The other is a Scheer HM 18 E. Check out the size of this monster! It retails here for just under EUR900 which is about AUD1500!
Okay...so this is where you might want to stop reading...
'Cause I pull myself together and quite casually ask: 'How much are you thinking?'
And the guy looks at me and says...
Oh man...
Dingo, if you're reading this - don't flip out on me...
Okay. Here it comes...
He sizes me up and says, 'I was thinking 100 for both.'
Euro of course. Translates to about 170 Aussi bucks...
I ummed and ahhed and then thought what the heck.
'SOLD!'
DamienIs it wrong to be in love with a sawbench?
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1st November 2007, 11:13 AM #2Senior Member
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Damien,
Think you should be forbidden from posting things like this - it's just upsetting to everyone.
That is all.Yes - I'm a lawyer.
No - I won't bill you for reading this.
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1st November 2007, 11:29 AM #3Cro-Magnon
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You'd better put some flowers on the old man's grave. Or at least raise a fond drink to his memory.
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1st November 2007, 11:51 AM #4
My dad - an avid tool collector like myself - jokingly says, 'whoever has the most tools when he dies, wins.' You can't take 'em with you, so you might as well buy quality for next generation eh?
Is it wrong to be in love with a sawbench?
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1st November 2007, 11:59 AM #5
good one
Good pickup Damien
Regards mike
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1st November 2007, 12:29 PM #6
Damo, you are without a doubt a Barsteward!
Pat
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1st November 2007, 12:41 PM #7
Is that a single wheel Band Saw ? how does it work , haven't come across any like it here, great idea with the face plate sander
and good catch on the routers ...as if you need any moreAshore
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1st November 2007, 01:46 PM #8Intermediate Member
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Nice workshop too, there are a lot of tools on that back wall, I had to have a second look to make sure it wasn't a shop...
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1st November 2007, 02:19 PM #9
Upsetting indeed...
You're in the right place to pick up quality secondhand tools...lets ban him
I'd like to know how the Metabo bandsaw works? Odd looking thing eh.
Those Scheer's are monsters. Ive heard about them, but never been lucky enough to see one in the flesh...and to top it all off an Elu type2
Well worth the 450km drive I reckon!!! Good hunting
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1st November 2007, 03:03 PM #10
Very nice pick-up there Damien
100% of all non-smokers die
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1st November 2007, 04:59 PM #11
Damien, you are right, I'm crying.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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1st November 2007, 10:47 PM #12Senior Member
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I saw someone suggested Damien give the deceased a special farewell drink.
Without being exceedingly cynical, would Damien think that it would be acceptable to give the deceased a special farewelll, but using his liver to filter the special drink first?CJ
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2nd November 2007, 06:16 AM #13
Gudday mate. I posted a pic of the insides here if you want to take a peek...http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=59177
I'm still debating on whether or not I should keep it...Is it wrong to be in love with a sawbench?
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8th November 2007, 05:04 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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Back after 9 weeks and I run into this
Words fail me.......................
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8th November 2007, 10:24 PM #15
This is the Elu MOF 96 E Type 2 with fine adjuster, carry case, a bunch of quality bits, two bushes and the dust extraction gear. The other is a Scheer HM 18 E. Check out the size of this monster! It retails here for just under EUR900 which is about AUD1500!
Damien.
Last time I looked the Scheer was in excess of $2k here in OZ ...so real good pick-up mate.
Give ya $150 for it & dont tell me ya ain't makin' money
CheersJohnno
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