Hard to look at
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 1:23 am
Was at a local flea market today , out side setting in a snow drift was a 10e - 10er not sure there is a lot of difference in the actual unit since most parts interchange , any way ,the owner said its been setting out in the weather now since last summer, the tubes were rusty, the quill lock was frozen / rusted and so was the carriage lock , the headstock would not budge it was rusted solid to the tubes , cant stop thinking how many folks including me would have loved to have this thing before it got this bad , if for nothing else to make a drill press or dedicated lathe , he said he wanted 100 bks for it, I was thinking it would take at least two to three times that $$ to fix it ,new motor new tubes and hrs and hrs of cleaning and getting things to work again , pretty sure the motor was bad after setting outside the pulleys looked like they could be frozen to the shafts . what a shame .