Shool shop auction Twin Cities Area

Just passing this on.. No affiliation, no connection to the auction company, other than a spam recipient.. Someone in the area might be interested in some shop equipment though. Good Luck!

Pete

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Half-Nutz
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I went to see a table saw at a school a few years ago. They were selling it in the middle of the term. They should have cleaned at least SOME of the blood off.

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Tom Gardner

hollars they can't find anyone that knows how to run a _________

Unka' George (George McDuffee) .............................. Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be "too clever by half." The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

John Major (b. 1943), British Conservative politician, prime minister. Quoted in: Observer (London, 7 July 1991).

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F. George McDuffee

Seriously!?

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Polymer Man

I'm in that area, I have a shop full of machinery, and no one to operate any of it. do I win the pool?

Anyone know of a qualified CNC programer, setup, supervisor type?

Pete

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Half-Nutz

Yea, I could use one of those too. Injection mold experience would help too.

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Dave Lyon

Are you located in the Twin Cities? My son fits the bill, his girl would like him to move in.

Karl

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Karl Townsend

I'm in Chippewa Falls, 100 miles East of the Twin Cities. Just got another nice new machining center, a long bed Robodrill with all the bells and whistles. Where to get qualified help?

Pete

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Half-Nutz

My son can't even get the cheap help. He just got a guy trained in to "Push the green Button" on night shift. Then the guy started finding reasons not to work and go home early. The last straw, he called in OSHA on a violation. My son stayed late to get a temp. solution up and running. The guy quit as soon as he saw he'd have to work all night.

In a way, its funny. I'm listening to "The Kid" talking about not being able to get young people to work.

Karl

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Karl Townsend

It may not be important here but when I was in high school I almost lived in shop class. Wood shop, metal shop, drafting class and any other room that had machines that could potentialy injure someone. I was kinda the safety guy because I still had all my digits. Wood shop, tuesday am, big ass disc sander. Friend caught his fingers between the table and disc. 3500 rpm sander with 40 grit disc. almost took his hand off. Tore the living shit almost to the bone. I had to clean up the blood and there was ALOT.

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daniel peterman

A lot of stuff there - kinda a sick thing - shutting down both wood and metal at a school.

Not all of the kids can work for NASA and so many farmers and ranchers need this ability. There is a machine shop in Wisc ? that needs people and can't find them IIRC they posted here ?

I'm afraid those who are in charge are not the best to make these decisions. It seems to me that society and industry should provide inputs of need and by when to aid and assist schools in proper routing and training.

If they continue to think of a 'one world' concept, they can simply move to the other side of he 'one world'.

The way we are going, we won't have engineering jobs, (India and China). We won't have middle and low end jobs - taken over by immigrants who will work for less than a living.

I think the libs are doing this in defiance of loosing the Soviet system of government, China moving more to capitalism and many others. Now the only Commie countries left are Cuba (which the libs visit (in violation to passport rules)) and North Korea where few if any libs dare to visit or go due to the extreme nature of that country.

Libs as in the Chicago and West coast Communist party and Socialist party.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Endowment Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot"s Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.

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Martin H. Eastburn

Half-Nutz wrote: ...

Oh, wait! Over on the side of that page, real small, is this link to an "Industrial Supply" auction:

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's the one I like. It's a real good thing that I'm not anywhere near Osseo, MN or I'd be bidding on way more stuff than I have room for.

It's an online auction and the stuff has really low bids, so far (it starts closing Wed 12/6). How about 2716 - 3M 1"x42"x50grit Abrasive Belts? current bid $1.01 I'd be interested in seeing what the stuff actually sells for.

Bob

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Bob Engelhardt

There were three other guys looking to buy it and we just looked at each other with wide eyes. We all had a good idea why it was for sale. And, on top of it all, they wanted WAY too much.

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Tom Gardner

at a school.

Is it a total shut down or a retooling? The local votech has been taken over by the university sys and it is now a degree program, not just vocational training. A local aerospace shop soaks up the cream--and still need talent. An apprentice plumber make at least twice that of a cnc operator.(and earns it). IMO vocational training need to be industry driven. At least the better schools are that way.

ED

they posted here ?

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ED

Went to one of these in my area not too long ago just out of curiosity. Saw a #3 Cincinnati horizontal mill go for $50, a 16" Leblond turret lathe go for $110 (complete with threading head and other tooling on the turret), CNC Bridgeport for $300,$25 surface grinders, etc., etc...

The shop, I heard, was being eliminated to expand their hairdressing and home Ec programs. Sad. Very sad.

Steve

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Steve Mulhollan

Well, the only issue is now all kids have to go to college. I don't think the various states are willing to pay for that and now the lower and middle class will have a lot of dropouts that would be working in the trades and with advanced training at a college for an advance placed position.

I guess the 'my kid will be a scientist' - Yea I taught for 20 years and had one kid that was sketchy to make it through school but was able to help at the local electronics shop - his parents knew he would.... but never did but he did have skills to live with.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Endowment Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot"s Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.

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at a school.

this ability.

they posted here ?

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Martin H. Eastburn

========================== This is the problem with using "averages" to set standards. For almost all human traits if you set "the average" as the minimum standard you just eliminated one-half of the population.

Of course you can always hire from "Lake Woebegone," where all the children are above average.

Unka' George (George McDuffee) .............................. Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be "too clever by half." The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

John Major (b. 1943), British Conservative politician, prime minister. Quoted in: Observer (London, 7 July 1991).

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F. George McDuffee

Not necessarily a bad thing, I was taught that education has it's price, no matter how you get it. . Been under the hood of a newer car? What choice does society have?

The shift here was to maintain the funding. Some real good programs got axed because the industries didn't support the changes.

Either this country keeps up on edu. or goes under. Miller welding outfitted the local school and it's now a very in demand program and industry recruits here aggressivly and send in guys for training. Miller knows what is needed more than the academics and administrators would ever know. Once you have that kind of commitment it attracts a good following at all levels.

I hear all the time how the kids don't have the drive or work ethic as the past gens had. Even the kids off the farms and ranch aren't not as hard working as in the past--generalizing...of course. We've gotten too soft and complacient IMO and that includes the schools..

ED

at a school.

this ability.

they posted here ?

than a living.

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ED

I believe ( after voulnteering for 5 years in a high school metal shop ) that the main problem is lack of attention span. The students can't listen long enough to understand what a person is telling them, or remember it for the few minutes it takes to translate an instruction into action. My guess is it's a result of the "flash-flash" way almost all TV stuff is presented now-a-days. ...lew...

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Lew Hartswick

I'm on an advisory board of my not so local vo-tech school.

How about you?

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Dave Lyon

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