heart braking

[doubleboost]

Witnessed this today
Tidy Harrison lathe
milling machines radial arm drills folders all going for scrap
most of the stuff was very big
picked up a few bits and pieces
got a bit of video for Sunday

 

[Barking Mat]

Why ???

 

[ronan]

Thats horrible ! Some one would be glad of them and put them to good use

 

[bricol]

Just business - pay a man to clear the place, save a million on storing stuff you don't use and don't want, ready to flog/rent/flatten the building for something else.

 

[doubleboost]

old guy sold the building and contents he kept some small stuff
the thieves had been in and nicked all the decent tooling
what they did not want they trashed
the old lad was heart broken
been in the building 50 years
it was a coal mine loco repair shop
the video will make you cry

 

[ronan]

old guy sold the building and contents he kept some small stuff
the thieves had been in and nicked all the decent tooling
what they did not want they trashed
the old lad was heart broken
been in the building 50 years
it was a coal mine loco repair shop
the video will make you cry

I usually watch your videos on a sunday night with a cup of cha and enjoy them John. But i think i'll give that one a miss.

 

[Barking Mat]

Sounds heartbreaking...

 

[anto44]

I was offered a lovely DSG lathe for free years back, it was in top shape with everything present, came with chucks, faceplates, steadies the whole works. Unfortunately it was over 20' long and I had nowhere to put it, in the end it got broken up and scrapped.
All the smaller machines that were in the shop were snapped up but no one wanted the big DSG.

 

[gaz1]

old guy sold the building and contents he kept some small stuff
the thieves had been in and nicked all the decent tooling
what they did not want they trashed
the old lad was heart broken
been in the building 50 years
it was a coal mine loco repair shop
the video will make you cry

not saying its not true but dosnt add up

general query here

was the building and contents sold before it was trashed

or did he sell up because it was trashed

 

[doubleboost]

The break ins were the final straw , He is 91 thought it time to slow down .
The building needs a lot of money spending on it

 

[anto44]

That building is beautiful, always loved that style of architecture.

 

[Brad93]

Holbrook. Nooooo!!!

@pressbrake1

 

[pressbrake1]

I was offered a lovely DSG lathe for free years back, it was in top shape with everything present, came with chucks, faceplates, steadies the whole works. Unfortunately it was over 20' long and I had nowhere to put it, in the end it got broken up and scrapped.
All the smaller machines that were in the shop were snapped up but no one wanted the big DSG.

Unusual big dsg are worth strong money

 

[Brad93]

Radial drills are also worth more now than ever.

 

[pressbrake1]

I’d have gone in at £300 a ton and moved the Stuff

 

[pressbrake1]

Which I hadn’t seen this thread tbh

 

[Brad93]

I’d have gone in at £300 a ton and moved the Stuff

Could of put it in my field at least it would have been safe.

 

[Brad93]

Which I hadn’t seen this thread tbh

Same

I’ve seen enough stuff going in the scrap recently

 

[Milkybars]

Oh FFS ..

 

[anto44]

Unusual big dsg are worth strong money

They couldn't get more than scrap value for that one, the smaller ones were stuck in a container for export but apparently shipping that one wasn't worth the bother at the time