Stuff from the school auction

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Haynie

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Went to the school auction this morning. They were selling off the middle school wood shop. If I had 3 phase wiring somewhere I could have had some seriously heavy tools for a decent price. I did happily run the bid up on the table saw and planer because I know the guy bidding has a good bit of money and the school can use all the money it can get.

Got two pallets for 45 dollars. One of the boxes was open and there were several block planes in it so I was stoked. In the time it took me to get the forklift someone had walked with that box, and another that had a coping saw sticking out. Haven't people heard of the 10 commandments?:mad:

The majority of the hand tools were on another pallet that went for WAY more than I had to spend.

I was not expecting much when I got the pallets back to the shop. I did fill the dumpster up but i also found a box with 2 Bailey 5 1/2s and a stanley handyman without blades or chipbreakers. They need some rehabbing but I can do that. I was also happy to find a box full of blades and breakers as well as a few more bailey 5 1/2s with broken handles and knobs and a couple of other planes that I did not look at too closely. All the blades need cleaning and sharpening. All and all a little elbow grease and I will have some decent planes. I also have extra blades and breakers for the wood planes I wanted to make. I also got a couple boxes with several colors of flocking, and a couple boxes full of sand paper. Then there are the 3 cases of silicon mold release spray.

My wife says I spent money on junk. She does not under stand these things.

I guess it was not a bad morning.
 
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the sad:frown: thing is that the school had to shut down the shop program. Why do we find money and time to teach so much worthless stuff, and valuable programs like wood/metal shop, home ec, get devalued to the point of obscurity and abandonment. Why do we allow uninformed legislators, under the guise of education to make such astonishingly stupid decisions. Sports of all nature are in schools, an I have no beef with any sport, I played football, and baseball. So many opportunities to get hurt, but we can't allow students to work with tools, learn invaluable trade skills, because they may cut themselves using sharp tools....

...ok, I'm gonna stop this before it becomes a rant.

Some good tools in your stash, the Baileys rehaped will give you years of joy making chips. My Baileys are amoungst my prized tools. If you have kids, teach them how to use them, the schools won't.

jmoicbw-bidi
 
I agree butch. I tried to get the shop job when it opened. The principal saw more need in a computer lab/graphics lab. I get in trouble when I point out that NOT everyone is going to college.

Oh well. I am diving back into the stuff tomorrow. I opened a box I brought home a little while ago and found a laser. Brand new helium neon laser. My boys are stoked and I hope to find a power cord. TOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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I agree butch. I tried to get the shop job when it opened. The principal saw more need in a computer lab/graphics lab. I get in trouble when I point out that NOT everyone is going to college.

Oh well. I am diving back into the stuff tomorrow. I opened a box I brought home a little while ago and found a laser. Brand new helium neon laser. My boys are stoked and I hope to find a power cord. TOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And this is why there is a dire need for plumbers, and other Skilled trade professionals. this is what Mike Rowe, yeah that Dirty Jobs guy, is trying to correct.
 
Haynie,
Good deal on the pallets, pity about the light fingered soul. Just remember what goes around, comes around, in other words he'll get his own back.
Look forward to seeing the before's and afters.
Kryn
 
You can get a phase splitter and run the 3 phase equipment off of single phase power reasonably. It uses capacitors to create a third phase. These are used frequently for sewer lift stations. I know of one wood shop that has a lot of three phase equipment running off of one.
 
I never really know how to react to these 'bitter/sweet' deals.:confused:
I'm really glad that someone manages to get a good deal and use from old stuff, especially tools, but I'm saddened when it's from a school or from some guy ( or gal ) that simply needs some money to survive.
 
Haynie said:
I agree butch. I tried to get the shop job when it opened. The principal saw more need in a computer lab/graphics lab. I get in trouble when I point out that NOT everyone is going to college.

Oh well. I am diving back into the stuff tomorrow. I opened a box I brought home a little while ago and found a laser. Brand new helium neon laser. My boys are stoked and I hope to find a power cord. TOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I totally agree, at some point we need to realize that while we do need Scientists, Mathematicians and Doctors, we still need Skilled and unfortunately unskilled labor.
The Skilled Trades and Crafts can be taught at a far more reasonable cost than most of the state and federal run programs are costing the taxpayers.
While I was teaching Machine Tool Technology, we didn't have a CNC lathe, the one that was there had been burned up for three years before I got there. I tried my best to get it repaired, but the cost was too prohibitive, even though the state curriculum dictated that each student in order to complete the course with a top level diploma have spent 160 hours on said machine.
A new lathe would have cost about $24,000.00, but the School Admin. was more into seeing that new computers and a nice new electronic sign (computerized of course) were more important, The damn sign cost over $60,000.00, and I think he owned a bit of Dell stock, I wish I could have proven that.
Granted Computer education and operational skills are important, but it seems we teach skills that are needed with in the past 5 years and currently, Not what will be needed in the next 5 to 10 years, So we encourage our kids to put their parents into hock up to their eyeballs for a 150 to 250 thousand dollar College education into some field that currently is over flowing with applicants, so these sometimes brilliant graduates can get a job flipping burgers.
Does this make sense to any one??
Sorry for the rant, but mark is right.
 
Haynie said:
Went to the school auction this morning. They were selling off the middle school wood shop. If I had 3 phase wiring somewhere I could have had some seriously heavy tools for a decent price. I did happily run the bid up on the table saw and planer because I know the guy bidding has a good bit of money and the school can use all the money it can get.

Got two pallets for 45 dollars. One of the boxes was open and there were several block planes in it so I was stoked. In the time it took me to get the forklift someone had walked with that box, and another that had a coping saw sticking out. Haven't people heard of the 10 commandments?:mad:
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Perhaps it was karma for what you did to the planer/table saw guy. :tongue:
 
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He got a Rockler 10 inch Unisaw in Super clean excellent condition for $160.00 dollars, and an older Powermatic planer for $120.00. I don't think he has anything to complain about.

But you might be right.
 
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