Another Craigslist Score.

October 07, 2021, 03:44 PM

I know a lot of you guys don't like/trust Craigslist, but I've snagged a few good deals from it. (Also had many a hearty laugh at what some people ask for shit...)

My "welding table" has been a 16" square piece of perforated 16 gauge sheet on wheels with a 3" vise for...well...since I bought my first welder 20 years or so ago. I wanted something a tad more substantial for my new shop.

I started to price steel to build my own and dropped that idea like a hot rock when a 4 foot square piece of 1/4" hot rolled plate priced out at $303.xx with tax. Fut dat!

Grabbed what you see off CL for $100. Just over 40" square, braced up stiffer than a June groom, adjustable feet for leveling, decently flat top and a nice Craftsman vise that dates from the 70's.

Even after spending a day driving half way across the state (160 miles one way, and that's before Google Maps led me on a merry chase...) and dropping $70 on gas, I'm a happy camper!

Cleaned up the top and ground off some welding boogers, fixed a couple of minor issues with the vise and lubed it up and I'm ready to make smoke and slag.

October 07, 2021, 04:00 PM

archerman

That's a very nice score!

October 07, 2021, 04:01 PM

Aeteocles

Nice score!

October 07, 2021, 04:09 PM

Russ59

$170? Half a day of leisure driving?

You couldn't build it that cheap nor in four to six hours. Major score. Congrats!

And since that's a crappy vise, send it my way and you pay freight with all the dough you saved.

October 07, 2021, 04:17 PM

jindodog

I think that’s fantastic! I did the same thing, three hours each way to buy an old 6” Wilton bullet vise and have never regretted that either. Solid gear is hard to find now days and some of us still treasure having it.

October 07, 2021, 04:19 PM

PHPaul

quote:
Originally posted by Russ59:
$170? Half a day of leisure driving?

You couldn't build it that cheap nor in four to six hours. Major score. Congrats!

And since that's a crappy vise, send it my way and you pay freight with all the dough you saved.

Yeah, I'll get right on that...

Actually, I'm working on a couple of other vises I rescued before I came across this deal. Now I'm vise poor...

October 07, 2021, 04:24 PM

slabsides45

I'da paid that for the vise, so ya done great!!

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October 07, 2021, 04:39 PM

PHPaul

quote:
Originally posted by slabsides45:
I'da paid that for the vise, so ya done great!!

That's what I told The Wife. Not sure she believes it...

October 07, 2021, 04:58 PM

SigSAC

Weld-done.

October 07, 2021, 06:35 PM

PHPaul

quote:
Originally posted by SigSAC:
Weld-done.

October 07, 2021, 08:30 PM

Beancooker

Awesome score. Quite a badass table for a hundred bucks.

October 07, 2021, 08:43 PM

ArtieS

Great deal. I'm looking for just that for my welder. Got most of the goods, but not a decent table yet.

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Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.

October 07, 2021, 11:34 PM

Rey HRH

I think CL depends on where you are. Like I wouldn't want to do CL in Stockton, CA.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

October 08, 2021, 05:18 AM

PHPaul

quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
I think CL depends on where you are. Like I wouldn't want to do CL in Stockton, CA.

This is true. I wouldn't do CL near ANY major city.

Fortunately, there ARE no major cities in Maine. One of the reasons I love this place.

Even so, I'd be somewhat hesitant to deal in parts of Bangor and Portland would be pretty much a no-go.

October 08, 2021, 05:49 AM

Patriot

Damn, I’m jealous…

Looking to build such a table but the cost is well over $500 for what I want.

Nice score!

October 08, 2021, 06:57 AM

Blackmore

I'd say there's at least $100 in just the vise.

quote:
Originally posted by Russ59:
$170? Half a day of leisure driving?

Especially this time of the year. Bet the leaves were great.

quote:
Originally posted by PHPaul:
Even so, I'd be somewhat hesitant to deal in parts of Bangor and Portland would be pretty much a no-go.

You forgot Lewiston