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http://macon.craigslist.org/tls/4365118637.html

I thought this was funny at first, then I realized how sad. :(

Listed as used few hours, looks like more time was spend painting and defacing than woodworking.
" I cut it twice and it's still too short"


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Shall we say, a few alterations. Change is not always progress.
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I bet it is fun to turn wood that way.....

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Somebody had a painting fetish. Never paint the tubes.
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pieceseeker wrote:http://macon.craigslist.org/tls/4365118637.html

Listed as used few hours, looks like more time was spend painting and defacing than woodworking.
That thing is almost as ugly as Elenore Roosevelt - she also was used very few hours. I'll bet JPG's Shopsmiths have a lot of use and are they ever beautiful.
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They obviously have had a change of heart! They care a lot more about the machine now that they are trying to sell, given the asking price, than when they actually used it! :rolleyes:
" I cut it twice and it's still too short"


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reible wrote:I bet it is fun to turn wood that way.....

Ed
Probably don't have a clue as to how to actually use the machine:eek:
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That is really sad to treat a michine like that, and even sadder that someone would try and sell it at that price. What is the bracing for?
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joedw00 wrote: What is the bracing for?

The machine was probably doubling as a base for a mason's scaffolding to do brick and block work. :eek:
" I cut it twice and it's still too short"


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pieceseeker wrote:They obviously have had a change of heart! They care a lot more about the machine now that they are trying to sell, given the asking price, than when they actually used it! :rolleyes:
I checked out some of their other ads and they are just as "proud" of the other treasures they are trying to sell.

Some pieces that most people couldn't give away and they are asking, what I consider to be, significantly more than the going price.

Around here, ads with prices like that are the "kids" who have come back to sell their parent's household goods because of transfers to a nursing home or a death, etc. The unrealistic prices are driven by all sorts of factors. I see most estates where the children are far away, come back for a month, have to leave and the goods are eventually turned over to a succession of auction houses. The first one cannot get anywhere near the reserve set by the children. The children end up paying a storage fee and agree to a lower reserve and eventually give up and let the auction company sell it for whatever.
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