Sheep dip, sorry Charlie I forgot to give it a hot wax !
That's like going mud bogging, missing the wash job and trying to sell your truck based on the 5 thousand dollar paint job !
There's no explaining some CL postings. I see a lot of them with pics so bad (dark, mostly) you can't identify what the item is…in his case such a photo might have been a good thing.
Didn't need to see that pic first thing in the morning - just sets a bad tone for the rest of the day.
How can it work perfectly if the plug needs rewired? And I don't believe in spit-shining the machinery until it shines to drill-sergeant standards, but what special brand of cajun idiot are they raising down there in the bayou that would let a $4500 lathe get in that condition? What is it that looks like it's dripping all over the place - abrasive buffing compound? rust? Bird cr@p?
I see things like that and I think it's a shame that tool abuse isn't the felony it should be. In a perfect world the seller of this poor tool would be mounted on the lathe (spur drive, no soft-jawed Nova chuck) and turned down to size with the dullest skew chisel he's got, which is probably laying down there in the sawdust somewhere.
I can't look any more, I have to go out to the workshop and hug my lathes.
Google that unit and it's a $6,500 lathe. The guy probably did big bowls and applied the finish while she was spinning. Ugly maybe, but probably a kick ass lathe.
Yep. See it all the time. Some jackass lists a table saw with two trashbags leaning against the front of the machine, and a cardboard box on the top. It would take all of 10 minutes to move the junk, wipe down the machine, and stage any accessories. And I'd have to think that minimal amount of effort would encourage more interest in the ad. But no, they take a half-ass picture of the item, as-is, and then have the balls to ask for top dollar.
Makes no sense to me.
PK,
Ya know, maybe ALL woodwoeking machines should have a similar paint scheme. It would certainly encourage/remind the user to employ extra care when using the machine.
Don't ya'll know that it is these same folks who will sell a deeply rusted and pitted common handplane on fleaBay for $85 PLUS $19.95sh-Buy Now for $125.00
After all it 'kin be fixx'ed up, but the guy wants credit for you doin' the fixin'... ;-)
I'm with you, Charlie. What it looks like is a bowl flew off the lathe and knocked somebody's brains out all over the lathe. Now who wants to clean that up?
Frigging amazing the way some lazy, greedy turds think they can get away with insulting everyone's intelligence ! If the outside of this dog is any indication of the degree to which this maroon maintained this lathe, anyone with any sense would only laugh, and move on !
Yeah that's just what a well used lathe looks like. Turning is pretty much the messiest thing you can do with wood.
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