All Replies on My Best Craigslist find Ever!!

Congrats, it is great to hear about others getting great deals on CL. There are a few good deals out there.

-- Jerry Nettrour, San Antonio, www.topqualitycabinets.net

Nice find. I have the same drill press minus the rust.

They will both cleanup well.

-- Nicky

Nice score. You’ll have more respect for those fine tools when you put a little elbow grease into cleaning them up. One advantage of that, is well, pride for one, but, you can “get-to-know” your machine as you go. Good luck with the clean-up. They should be fine, fine machinery.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

I’m going to Craigslist right now! ;-)

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Touchdown!

-- "Actions speak louder than words but not nearly as often." - Mark Twain

Suh-weet!

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Congratulations dakremer!

Most excellent tool score my friend.

Congratulations, nice find. Just goes to show that it pays to pay attention and be patient.

-- Dan - Valparaiso, Indiana, "A smart man changes his mind, a fool never does."

Excellent CL finds! Most all of my tools are CL buys as well. Everything from my jointer to the planer to the table saw. Lots of money can be saved for those patient enough to wait!

-- -James, Sumerville SC

Dak, between your two steals and the $80 workbench I saw posted yesterday you guys are doing great.

-- I would drink a river of the kool aid before I took the smallest sip of the tea...

I just love it when I find a bargain for the shop, and you found a couple, especially the long bed jointer. That surface rust will clean up easily, you should get many years of use out of that. Where are u puting all these machines, the apartment I lived in while in Davenport was barely big enough for me and the dog.

-- DocK, WV

Thats freakin awesome

-- It's made of wood. Real sturdy.--Chubbs Peterson

Once cleaned up, what should I put on it to stop the surface rust from coming back?

-- Hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!!!!

Once you have it all nice and shiny again, wax it with Johnson’s paste wax. It will allow the wood to slide over the bed easier and it will seal the surface. I use it on my TS a couple of times a year and have zero rust.

-- "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain

Cool! Thanks Richard!!

-- Hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!!!!

congrats I hope the give you good service for years to come.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Clean them up and then post more pictures.

EDIT:
Your shop floor looks a little unlevel in the last picture you posted of the drill press.

-- I'm a twisted 2x4 in a pile of straight lumber.

You did great! The Sunhill jointer is from the same factory in Taiwan as the former Griz G1182, Jet, Bridgewood, Woodtek, and others….same basic design as the Ridgid jointer, but on a one piece enclosed base. All very well proven jointers. The allure of cheaper Chinese manufacturing put an end to most of those. Enjoy!

-- Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....

I bet youre not too excited about that score …

There’s something amazing about flat and square. Tune em up and let em rip.

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

Hmmm, I can understand why you’re pleased with the jointer, but I’m more interested in the smart TV that was in that box. I’ll spend part of today searching out a smart Blu Ray DVD player with built-in WIFI, up conversion and can handle AVCHD.