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Fo'shizzle, Mah Brizzles! :p

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7576188885&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1

This would be an EXCELLENT addition to a knifemaker's shop, and certainly would beat the pants of any crummy chinese mill/drill in performance. Looks like all the tooling is included with it. I have used Clausing products for a long time, and I can assure you there is some fine quality in this little mill. AND its 115v!!

Btw, for those of you who read this, please note that I'm not going to bid on this. You think I'd tell you guys if I were? LOL!

Anyway, this mill with all the trimmings would certainly be worth up to $1000, mayeb a little higher.

If any of you guys get this, post it here! I'd love to see someone win the bid on this. :D
 
haha not for me im going to spend 800+ $ on a mini mill and tooling :foot:
something tells me thats goingto be out of my pricing realy quick
thanks for the heads up tho
butch
 
Well, there it is right there. The perfect mill for a small knifemaker's shop with a pretty complete starter kit to get you going. Good call Jeff.
 
Well that figures!!! Been looking for a nice little mill for some time now with no luck. Finnaly bought a Grizzly 3103. Nice Little Mill. Mike
 
Man I'd love that even though I don't realy have the extra room. Price wise it might go reasonable, heck my Smithy three in one cost 1200$ a couple years ago with almost no tooling! Also there not that far off on crate charges. Bet with 8 days left it goes way up though!
 
keep me on the list, Jeff....if you ever spot one in AR/MO/OK/KS/TX.....

Nice mill, but too far away for me....:(
 
Daniel Koster said:
keep me on the list, Jeff....if you ever spot one in AR/MO/OK/KS/TX.....

Nice mill, but too far away for me....:(
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Will do, Dan. I'm keeping the vigil. ;)
 
Right, jeff, that looks like a great buy so far. The knee makes it so much better than a mini mill.

Like you, I've put many a mile on one of those. Brings back old memories.:)
 
Yeah $900 shipping charge for me as well
 
ddavelarsen said:
Dang man, I was getting into that but the $1300 shipping charge set me back. Good luck guys!
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Road trip!

Heck for a decent mill, just hop into the pickup and ride, Sally, ride!
 
incredibly enough, I only live 30 miles from this mill (in CT) - I guess I could get them to load it into my Dakota pickup, but then I'd need to get it out!!

Anybody up for an "unloading party" - ie beer and pizza type of deal??

Particularly if you know something about setting up a Mill?

If I can twist anybody's arm, I will think strongly about getting in on the bidding for this one, assuming the price point goes where Jeff thinks

Bill
 
Bill,

One of the cool things about a Clausing, as opposed to a full sized Bridgeport, is that while it's to heavy to lift safely with a few friends, it's light enough that you can rent an engine hoist (cherry picker) from U-Haul for $20.00 that will get the job done. Unbolt it from the base and lift it from the base to the truck with the cherry picker and do teh reverse on teh other end of the trip.

It's just that easy:)
 
John,

thanks for the help! Hey, my college roommate lives in Simi Valley!

I emailed the seller to see if he would unbolt it, and I'm checking with my local Uhaul - maybe this will work out!

Appreciate the input

Bill
 
Even if he won't unbolt it, you've got sockets and wrenches right?

If you're even in town visiting your old friend, shoot me an email and perhaps we can meet up or you can come visit my shoebox shop.
 
Bill I wish I lived close enough to help, I'd be on it in a second - course we'd be bidding against each other. :D If I weren't so burnt out from the holidays I'd seriously consider Jeff's road trip suggestion. But you're in luck in that regard, I ain't goin nowhere for nothin. Good luck!

For what it's worth, I used a rented engine hoist to move my 3 in 1 machine into the basement. Wasn't too bad once I got the damn thing off the truck.

Happy New Year folks,
 
Mill = 660 lbs.

Engine hoist rating = 1000lbs

Net sum = No problem :)

Just make sure you get more ratcheting tie downs than you think you need and strap it in all directions. Some wooden blocking to stabilize teh bottom of the machine will help some too.

Don't use chain directly wrapped around the machine when lifting it, get some heavy nylon lifting straps. Looking at that machine, I'd drop the knee all teh way down and pull the table all the way back to the column. Then I'd swing the head upside down and move the ram most of the way back to try and balance it as much as possible. then I'd remove any levers that could get bent or damaged during moving (much easier than fixing them later). Use a strap under the ram both in front of and behind the column and it should be a cake walk even by yourself. Ogf course having a buddy along makes everything better.
 
J. MacDonald said:
Mill = 660 lbs.

Engine hoist rating = 1000lbs

Net sum = No problem :)

Just make sure you get more ratcheting tie downs than you think you need and strap it in all directions. Some wooden blocking to stabilize teh bottom of the machine will help some too.

Don't use chain directly wrapped around the machine when lifting it, get some heavy nylon lifting straps. Looking at that machine, I'd drop the knee all teh way down and pull the table all the way back to the column. Then I'd swing the head upside down and move the ram most of the way back to try and balance it as much as possible. then I'd remove any levers that could get bent or damaged during moving (much easier than fixing them later). Use a strap under the ram both in front of and behind the column and it should be a cake walk even by yourself. Ogf course having a buddy along makes everything better.
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Most of my equipment I nudge around all by myself. Its been a source of stubborn pride moving solo something weighing a couple tons. Some of the places I've moved Bridgeports would scare the average guy half to death.

One time... in Bridgeport Camp :rolleyes: ...we nearly completely disassembled a BP and carted it up six flights of stairs to the top floor of an old warehouse. The motor on the elevator was apparently on its last legs because it fried and stuck between floors. We had to manually hand crank the elevator back to the first floor and then work at getting the BP up to the top floor.

Damned if I was going to spend another night in NYC so... It took around 4 boxes of plastic garbage bags and 3 pieces if 1" plywood, and a come-along to get that stupid BP base up top. Everything else was cake.

The POINT: That Clausing is a fine little machine and two guys can do a fair job of muscling it around.

If you do buy it, I would recommend putting some nice isolation leveling mounts on the bottom. That way your table will be nicely-leveled, and the mass of the base will eliminate the necessity to lag-bolt it to the floor. :thumbup:
 
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