I have always wanted or needed a sheet metal brake and i got a good deal on one but it was 12 feet i sold it to get a 6 or 8 footer.I saw a add on craigs List were one was at a garage sell this week end they all so had alot of tools. I got up real early so i could drive a hour and a half to be there when they opened up.I got there and started looking around i didnt see it i ask weres the brake they said they sold it 3 days ago.It was a 6' i realy want a 8' and they told me what they got witch was 500.00 more what they bring most of the time.I was a little mad they could have taken the brake off there craigs list add. They had some ok tools i bought 4 things and about bought a set of SK wrenches but i already have a set that hasnt saw daylight in years.
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- Thread starter Old Doug
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Yeah, I hate it when some dumbass ruins your day, by screwing up an ad. If what I want ain't there, I generally flip them a nickel, and tell them to look at it real careful. When they ask what's so special about it, I tell them, its the last one of mine, they'll ever see...
funwithfuel
Senior Member
This brings to mind an old TV commercial. ( And I'm not bustin yer chops,Doug)
It was for illinois bell, the slogan was, phone first, you'll always know.
Watch "1987 - Illinois Bell Commercial" on YouTube
Hope the link works.
It was for illinois bell, the slogan was, phone first, you'll always know.
Watch "1987 - Illinois Bell Commercial" on YouTube
Hope the link works.
funwithfuel
Senior Member
I personally have had great luck with Craigslist. Been down sketchy back roads with no light or street signs. Got a bunch of enerpac and simplex cylinders and pancake Jack's and spreaders for chump change.
Got a guy selling a collection of 1"drive protos, Williams and Armstrong a 3/4" ratchet and a torque wrench plus a handful of armstrong large combos 1-5/8 up to 2-1/4 all for a ridiculously low price. Last one was a 1" drive Norbar torque gun . Works great. Again, less than a fraction of eBay.
Barn and garage sales are great options also.
Got a guy selling a collection of 1"drive protos, Williams and Armstrong a 3/4" ratchet and a torque wrench plus a handful of armstrong large combos 1-5/8 up to 2-1/4 all for a ridiculously low price. Last one was a 1" drive Norbar torque gun . Works great. Again, less than a fraction of eBay.
Barn and garage sales are great options also.
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That sux Doug.. as I started reading I was going to suggest C. List.. I see them on MY local all the time..
{Charleston, SC}
{Charleston, SC}
I had thought about calling them but they didnt show a number they had a email i could have used and it had crossed my mine that would it be any thing i wanted in my price range. I would like a 6' but i am going to put sideing on my house and it wouldnt work to do the door trim. It will work out in the end it just throw me off. I have 2 to look at next week one is at a dealer and he may trade for a small lathe that i got to resale.
funwithfuel
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I saw a couple down near peoria. Nowhere near the price you quoted. Way way higher. Now, I see you're looking for a siding brake not a sheet metal brake. I guess there is a significant difference in price. The only one I see up here is only 30".
funwithfuel
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https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/tls/d/8-sheet-metal-brakes/6697529117.html
Probably not worth the trip, but here's what I see out my way .
Probably not worth the trip, but here's what I see out my way .
If he gets what he wants i could buy some here and haul them there and make good money for doing it. The 4 footer is priced about the same as here.The rest are a grand or more higher than what they bring here but tool prices are diffrent than other things when you need a tool you need it and its golng to make money so prtce isnt a big deal.
nowing75
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A friend found a electric over hyd pump and a 50tom enerpac ram for $200. He left work and went to go get it. Said it was in a bad area of town but for $200 and it works.
sawmilleng
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Umh...doesn't getting a real good deal in a hardscrabble area of town sometimes equal "stolen goods"??
Just sayin...
Jon
Just sayin...
Jon
I went to a auction about 60 miles away today. The sale bill wasnt the best because they listed 2 miller stick welders but they also had 3 migs 3 small stick and the 2 big millers. They just listed a 1/4 of what they had they also had 3 brakes but none like i was looking for. I havnt been to a sale this year so i went. I was very interested in one of the miller sticks ac/dc because i have a small one ac/dc and it doesnt weld as good.I should have bid on one of the migs they sold first and went for a ok price but i was there for a stick welder. I ended up with both the millers for less than scrap price. The owner said one had a fan problem but didnt know witch one it was. I pluged them in ones fan is noisy and the others is stuck.
I went to 3 auctions, today, about the same distance away.. 1st was a bust, nothing there that I felt worth staying for. 2nd was 12 miles further, spent $67 on some misc tools, sockets, wrenches, in 6 box lots, and a box lot of about 15 E-track ratchet straps. Last was best, spent 5 bucks on 7 HD file cabinets, that bolt under any flat surface, these were NOS school lab locking boxes, new in boxes! Also got a table top lot, containing, among other things 2 lab electric supply units, analog, but still nice, and new in box! I think these today retail for like $3-400(probably more, as public schools rarely pay less than retail!). Got a long rainy day scheduled, tomorrow, for sorting through all this stuff!
Couple years ago there was an auction that was going to be amazing, big shop shut down. Crates of wrenches, hydraulic equipment, diesel testing stuff, shop equipment, the whole 9 yards
And I couldn’t go because it was On the same day as my sisters wedding. I seriously considered ditching it because that kind of auction doesn’t ever happen around here
And I couldn’t go because it was On the same day as my sisters wedding. I seriously considered ditching it because that kind of auction doesn’t ever happen around here
This was a good sale. I thought it would take forever to get loaded when it was over or i would have bid on more stuff but i was loaded and gone in no time. If i would have drove my truck that has a crane or took my tilt bed trailer l would have bid on some other stuff that i probaly didnt need. I would like to have a auction or find a good consighment auction place.