Big Shed 17th October 2008, 01:47 PM Have just returned from a couple of weeks in Adelaide with the kids and grand kids, very nice, but good to be home again.
Whilst there I picked up an X2 Mini Mill from ozmestore (Ebay). I had been looking for one of these and H&F had one on special for $799 a couple of months ago (normal price $895), but they (surprise, surprise) had no stock. Only way to get the special price was to order one and pay up front. Having been there and done that, I wasn't about to fall for that again. Carbatec's price is $995 and also no stock. Then spotted one on Ebay from ozmestore for $730, but forgot to bid and it didn't sell. When it was relisted it had $698 on it, someone bid that and I sniped it for $708. As we were going to Adelaide anyway and had to take the trailer to pick up some empty wine barrels, delivery was easy.
Picked it up from ozmestore warehouse in Pt Adelaide, boy do they have some stock there!
Following Saturday went to a garage sale in One Tree Hill (daughter lives in Kersbrook) and got talking to the guy as I bought a nice little all steel hammer from him. When I told him I had just bought a Mini Mill, he told me he had quite a bit of tooling in his shed out the back and he wanted to get rid of that. Long story short, I bought the lot. There is all sorts of stuff (he used to be toolmaker), there are 60 mill bits alone, heap of HSS lathe tools, a toolmakers vise and quite a few parallels as well as V blocks etc.
To buy all that separately would have cost me as much as the mill, picked it up for a song.
All I have to do now is make a base cabinet to match the one for the lathe and I can start doing some special pen projects:2tsup:
damian 17th October 2008, 02:49 PM Wow.
I don't suppose you saw the 6" planer thicknesser at ozmestore ? They were selling them on ebay for ages at $280ish and I always wondered if they were any good.
bollie7 17th October 2008, 03:56 PM How come none of the garage sales I ever go to have shed stuff like that? Good score.
bollie7
footz 17th October 2008, 05:25 PM Ahh BigShed if I knew you where down I could of taken you to the pub. But there is always next time.
Big Shed 17th October 2008, 05:40 PM Wow.
I don't suppose you saw the 6" planer thicknesser at ozmestore ? They were selling them on ebay for ages at $280ish and I always wondered if they were any good.
No mate, everything in boxes etc.
How come none of the garage sales I ever go to have shed stuff like that? Good score.
bollie7
As a matter of fact it wasn't even in the garage sale, only that little hammer ($1 !!), he only brought the other stuff out after we started talking.
However, we bought quite a few things in garage sales in Adelaide, for some reason their garage sales have much better stuff than garage sales in Bendigo (I have given up going to them in Bendigo, most of them have stuff that I would be embarrassed to take to the tip!
Ahh BigShed if I knew you where down I could of taken you to the pub. But there is always next time.
Would have been good to meet up, next time perhaps, we come to Adelaide regularly.
DJ’s Timber 17th October 2008, 06:04 PM Nice one BS :2tsup:, great score on the bits too :U
wheelinround 17th October 2008, 06:40 PM Big Shed now your got a Mill it has got to make you feel like a Million $$$$$$ then that bargain score on top :D
Well done:2tsup::2tsup:
jatt 21st October 2008, 06:24 PM However, we bought quite a few things in garage sales in Adelaide, for some reason their garage sales have much better stuff than garage sales in Bendigo (I have given up going to them in Bendigo, most of them have stuff that I would be embarrassed to take to the tip!
Will definetely agree with Big Shed on the whole garage sale in Bendigo thing.
If I want to dispose of something that's not of any real value (non garbage) I simply leave it out on the street. Last time I did that it was like watching vultures to a carcas. Watched some dude pick up an old chipboard (5 drawer) chest of drawers, shove it on his shoulders, and walk off. "But wait, u forgot the MDF bottom for a couple of drawers".
Drawers dont work too well without the bottom in it.:D
Big Shed 13th December 2008, 03:04 PM Finally got some time between all the other projects on the go to finish off the base cabinet for the X2 Mini Mill.
Had to rearrange some other cupboards in the shed and hang up a tool board for the lathe/mill tools.
The big handwheel hanging on the wall will be modified to become a handwheel to turn the lathe by hand for threading and the like. Picked that up at the last Bendigo Swapmeet:2tsup:
Starting to get a few drawers in the shed, have come to the conclusion you can't have too many drawers (bit like clamps really:U)
wheelinround 13th December 2008, 03:07 PM photo's are cheap these days Fred :D
hey look at that there they are
very nice workshop and those machines clean as a wistle
footz 13th December 2008, 07:59 PM Very nice man very nice. Ahh well I better get mine looking better. LOL
Pat 13th December 2008, 09:20 PM Fred, have you got Major's disease. Not a speck of dust anywhere. Disgusting :q
AUSSIE 13th December 2008, 09:52 PM Have you got me into trouble in a big way.?LOL:2tsup:
The Minister for war and finance saw me looking at this post.
She couldnt believe how clean your W/S is.
Why cant you keep yours as clean as that.yak-yak-yak.
Man it went on and on.If he can do it why can't you.Yak Yak.
I showed her an item you had for sale and there was sawdust on your floor.
There she said.See he cleaned up after using it. look how clean it is in these shots.:doh::~
orificiam 13th December 2008, 09:56 PM Yes a clean shed is a sign of a sick mind--talk about being in the right place at the right time. Good one B/S.
Cheers Tony.:2tsup:
Big Shed 13th December 2008, 09:58 PM Have you got me into trouble in a big way.?LOL:2tsup:
The Minister for war and finance saw me looking at this post.
She couldnt believe how clean your W/S is.
Why cant you keep yours as clean as that.yak-yak-yak.
Man it went on and on.If he can do it why can't you.Yak Yak.
I showed her an item you had for sale and there was sawdust on your floor.
There she said.See he cleaned up after using it. look how clean it is in these shots.:doh::~
Hey, will you guys get off my back! Yes, there IS saw dust on the floor and no I haven't cleaned it up.
The area around the mill/lathe was vacuumed so I could put the new mill base cupboard in. Obviously the bench tops on both these are clean, one is brand new, the other was cleaned before I put the new cupboard in.
I will take a general shot of the workshop tomorrow and show what a pigsty it is!:oo:
wheelinround 14th December 2008, 09:57 AM Well it's tomorrow already you making dust to show our swmbo your mess :;
Big Shed 14th December 2008, 01:44 PM OK, may come as a surprise to some, but I do have a life outside the forum:rolleyes:
Got home had lunch, so I thought I'd better take some pics as promised.
That's how I left the workshop yesterday after making sure the planer/thicknesser I am selling worked. Also haven't cleaned around the tablesaw for a while.
I have 2 shop vacuum, 1 is an old Vax, use that for the mill/lathe as it doesn't have one of those paper cartridges (will also be used for the wood heater from now on:D).
The other is a Taurus unit, it has the paper cartridge, but surprisingly it doesn't clog up as readily as my old Shopvac.
Hopefully this proves that I do some work sometimes in the shed, but I must admit that normally it is a bit cleaner than this, I try to clean up at the end of the day.
AUSSIE 14th December 2008, 01:54 PM OK Fred that looks like a real workshop.Sorry we upset you ,we were only joking.
We (me) all wish we could keep things clean but cant be bothered:2tsup:
Cheers Mate Aussie:2tsup:
Big Shed 14th December 2008, 02:08 PM OK Fred that looks like a real workshop.Sorry we upset you ,we were only joking.
We (me) all wish we could keep things clean but cant be bothered:2tsup:
Cheers Mate Aussie:2tsup:
Nah mate, you (or anyone else) didn't upset me, I saw the funny side:2tsup:
It is probably my employment history, I used to be an industrial chemist, and was used to working in clean and tidy environments.
My son gives me stick at times as well at times, but then he trained as a fitter and turner.
I have to say I rather work in a clean and tidy workshop any time.
As an aside, I showed the mill pictures on the IAP forum and one of the UK members commented that my workshop looked cleaner than an English hospital (not sure whether he was joking or not)
gngh 14th February 2009, 06:32 PM Hi Big Shed,
there is a tool shop on the Tweed who advertise a mill fairly frequently for $730, a lot cheaper than H&F. It's not an X2; however, it is identical except for the colour, and the specs for the table travel are slightly different, so presumably it's made by the same manufacturer and parts should therefore be interchangeable.
I am interested in her but am a little worried about its small size: how have you found yours so far, what sort of work do you do on it.
Thanks
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