Andy FitzGibbon
Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2005
- Location
- Elkins WV
I just picked up this Simplex crane at a local machine shop auction for $75:
It's in pretty good shape, though the color may have to go. I already have a similar (newer) Hill-Acme crane, but this one is smaller and easier to maneuver around the shop. Plus, it's made in Cleveland, and I have a soft spot for things produced in the big mistake.
There was some other old machinery at the auction- all of it worn to pieces. I haven't seen stuff so used up in a long time. A 21" LeBlond cone head went for $50, a Steptoe 18" shaper for $22.50, and a Hendey 16" cone head for around $500. There was also a neat old Morris radial drill that brought about $100- the bevel gear teeth on the main drive shaft had worn themselves into a saw-tooth profile.
Andy
It's in pretty good shape, though the color may have to go. I already have a similar (newer) Hill-Acme crane, but this one is smaller and easier to maneuver around the shop. Plus, it's made in Cleveland, and I have a soft spot for things produced in the big mistake.
There was some other old machinery at the auction- all of it worn to pieces. I haven't seen stuff so used up in a long time. A 21" LeBlond cone head went for $50, a Steptoe 18" shaper for $22.50, and a Hendey 16" cone head for around $500. There was also a neat old Morris radial drill that brought about $100- the bevel gear teeth on the main drive shaft had worn themselves into a saw-tooth profile.
Andy
