[AT] Northern Tool Sale - Left Hand drills

[Mark Greer]

$2500 used to be the going rate around here too. There are a lot of small
shops who have closed up in the past 5 years around here and machinery is
plentiful and cheap as a result. I have a 15hp rotary converter in my shop
that I built with the help of a friend in the motor repair business. A
farmer friends down the street has a 2 or 3 hp Wells Index mill he got at a
factory closing nearby and it is a nice machine. I got him some bearings and
such to rebuild it.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bear Hood" <mmman at netscape.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Northern Tool Sale - Left Hand drills


> Mark
> Maybe I need to come see you.  Used BP's in Texas start at $2500 worn slap
out.  I have a smaller Index, but want a larger mill.
>
> As for 3P--just build a phase converter or use VFD.  I bought a used VFD
recently online for $100 for a 3 hp Bridgeport for a friend.  I have 2 phase
converters running at a total cost of under $25 each.  I bought 21 3P motors
at a farm auction for $20. and 18 of them ran without any modifications or
repairs--3 to 25 HP.  Phase converters are east to do--I do use rotary
converters as I have never been happy with static converters.
> Bear
>
> Live every day of your life like a three year old.  Get down in the dirt
with it, roll in it and smile a lot.  Bear
>