$500 Haul of clock tools

[LittleWatchShop]

Showed up on FB marketplace. The guy acquired a storage facility and this stuff was in there. He just wanted it gone.

Vintage Bergeon. Bushing tool

I am bushed!

[JohnR725]

it's really nice when people do not look at eBay to see what they have and they make a logical decision of I don't want it it can go away.

[Flamingo]

it's a nice pile! Amazing value imho.

[watchweasol]

Hi @LittleWatchShop a fortuitous smash and grab ,  an amazing haul of tools , polished up sheer magic.

[Michael1962]

[nickelsilver]

The collets look to be mostly Levin- that set is worth 3x what you paid easily. The bushing tool and accessories probably 2x. Nice find! The lathe looks to be Peerless (perhaps marked Marshall-Peerless), not the best but it does have the collet holding tailstock with it great.

[Michael1962]

The bushes alone in Aus could well be worth the price you paid and then you got a lathe, collets, a bushing tool plus all sorts of other bits and pieces.

Colour me jealous.

[thor447]

Fantastic haul!  Well done!

[rehajm]

Yes a nice haul. Not everyone’s a flipper- I frankly find it to be a PITA. If a knowledgeable fellow makes a few quid sorting out unwanteds and finding them good homes the world is better off. Well done!

[LittleWatchShop]

44 minutes ago, rehajm said:

Yes a nice haul. Not everyone’s a flipper- I frankly find it to be a PITA. If a knowledgeable fellow makes a few quid sorting out unwanteds and finding them good homes the world is better off. Well done!

I am a hoarder.  Now I have seven lathes. 

[rehajm]

3 minutes ago, LittleWatchShop said:

I am a hoarder.  Now I have seven lathes. 

The yin to flippers yang…

[nickelsilver]

6 minutes ago, LittleWatchShop said:

I am a hoarder.  Now I have seven lathes. 

Between you and JD that's like 20 that are off the market and everyone wonders why they keep getting more expensive .

 

I have had one watchmaker lathe for the last 24 or so years- but it has literally about 10k hours of use on it in that time, haha. Well, I recently found another identical one for a song so I had to get it, good to have backups.

[LittleWatchShop]

4 minutes ago, nickelsilver said:

Between you and JD that's like 20 that are off the market and everyone wonders why they keep getting more expensive .

 

I have had one watchmaker lathe for the last 24 or so years- but it has literally about 10k hours of use on it in that time, haha. Well, I recently found another identical one for a song so I had to get it, good to have backups.

Three of my lathes are setup for dedicated use. 1) primary turning (Levin), 2) graver sharpener (Peerless), 2) remote office general purpose (Peerless).

I started with the two Peerless that my dad left me.  Kept searching for better precision and then discovered Levin and searched for that.  My Levin with cross slide and 4-jaw chuck, collet tailstock, also came from FB for $300...another good deal.

[eccentric59]

I'll give you $501 for it.  

[Michael1962]

6 hours ago, LittleWatchShop said:

I am a hoarder.  Now I have seven lathes. 

One for each day of the week. What more could one want?

3 hours ago, eccentric59 said:

I'll give you $501 for it.  

$502?

[oldhippy]

If I still had all the tools and materiel  that I had, you lot would have a field day. 

[Neverenoughwatches]

59 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

If I still had all the tools and materiel  that I had, you lot would have a field day. 

Is it fair to ask why you stopped OH ? 

[oldhippy]

I have spondylitis of the neck which was caused to poor posture. When I was around 40 xrays showed the wear I had was from someone in their 70's I have to take meds for the rest of my life, some times now my neck locks and I can't move my head very well.

Edited February 27 by oldhippy

[Michael1962]

Poor posture from clock repair or watch repair, or neither and something else entirely?

[oldhippy]

It was due to watch & clock repair.

[LittleWatchShop]

Did I say that I also got a Sligh Grandfather clock?  Got assembled today.  It is massing one of the side panels, but it is up and running.  Missing the second hand also.  I will try to make one.