Somewhat OT - cosmoline

I'd get it off the dirt first...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Maybe put it on a pallet or something similar. I suppose you could cover it in grease and wrap it in plastic or something like that. Maybe a thick coat of wax not to be removed till you find your tuit.

Re: I'd get it off the dirt first...

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>It's up on a stand, which (the stand) I put up on some chunks of wood, plus the floor is covered with overlapping and now rotting sheets of plywood (younger son's inspiration), but the space still gets pretty moist.

When I get a small, round tuit, I think I'll thin some grease with mineral spirits and paint it liberally all over. This will allow me to (a) collect bugs without effort, (b) give me another opportunity to ruin my clothes when I go back there, and (c) maybe even keep it from rusting further.

Re: Somewhat OT - cosmoline

Steve Wilson

>Clean it up and then apply cosmoline to the unprotected metal parts. You could also apply a coat of spray paint that you can strip off later. Gears and stuff I would pack with fresh grease, once you start restoring you can clean the grease off and apply grease again or dry lube; whatever you prefer. IIRC you can get cosmoline from McMaster-Carr

Antique pricing

Mark Harrison -- in Sydney, Australia

>I don't know about tools so much (does a Shopsmith qualify as an antique?...) but in the antique furniture trade a 250% markup on fair auction price is the norm. More if you can get away with it or you bought cheap.

I used to follow the auctions and retail outlets fairly closely in the early nineties. Things can change though. I understand that the retail antique market is fairly soft here now. It's a fashion thing with the stark modern look being the thing here (at least) now.

Coming up with a price

Todd Hughes

>I just did a quick check on ebay completed auctions and saw many shopsmiths that sold for between $760 and $2,000 depending on how complete etc. I have a friend that sold one a few years ago for $1,200 on it. Even at these prices I don't think I would want to go to the hassel to sell something big like that. To lazy and to much small junk to sell. I imagine many antique shops look stuff like this up on ebay and see what people are buying them for there and price it accordingly....If you are a knowledgable buyer / seller what you pay for something shouldn't have much or anything to do with what you sell it for......Todd

differant tac

Ernie Miller

>I guess I'm a little bit differant that alot of you people. do you see having a round tuit in the near future? Do you ever plan on using it? if not give it a quick cleaning and get rid of it. I'm sure in the local paper you can sell it and make a small proffit. take that money and buy somthing in better shape or somthing that you will realy use. Old peice of rusty iron + no round tuit = older peice of rusty iron worth less than it was. Some things just arent worth hanging on to. is this one that is?