$100 for a old 1/2 HP punch press

Ignoramus9581 · 2007-09-24T00:29:19+00:00

I am talking about an OBI style punch press, if I am not mistaken,with a BIG flywheel. It is powered with a 1/2 HP single phase motor. Iwould say it weighs 200-300 pounds. This is from a big pile of reallyold iron (not yet quite ready for a museum, but almost) from an estateof a deceased 90 yr old guy. I offered them $100 for it, after twoweeks no one is biting (they wanted to sell the whole shed of thatstuff for 2k, which was crazy). So they are now agreeing to sell to me.My question is, is $100 a reasonable price. The punch works.i

Sep 24, 2007 41 Replies

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Wes 18 years ago

Along with old maintenenance men called stubby. We had three guys in the maintenance shop where I used to work missing fingers.

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Wes 18 years ago

A good start is to *NEVER* put your hands in the point of operation while it is running. Use tongs or whatever. Make sure when you are not running it or setting it up that the power is locked out. Turned off only is not good enough, you have a child that might get inquisitive.

I'm not trying to scare you off this thing but I would like you to keep writing perl stuff with all your fingers.

Oh, read part 24 osha regs. Here is a link to document on Michigan's osha website since it was easier to navigate than osha.gov

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