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Today I went searching in Sharjah for a few things. I'm looking for a good used floor jack, a stainless steel free-standing sink specifically. It was bloody hot and even with lots of ice water there were times when I worried that if the LX broke down for some reason I'd really be in trouble because I would not be able to be out in the sun dealing with the tow, etc. Thankfully the 2000 LX was a champ as per usual even if the odometer had been spun back to a ridiculous 40K miles.
I found a humongous vise that made my mouth water.
For scale, that is a 14" bandsaw base next to it. It was huge! But I'm not setting up a general shop in the warehouse so I can't really justify it. I suppose I could ship it back to the US in a truck but I have too many projects to handle properly.
There was some pretty big iron out there.
including this pretty nice English version of a Bridgeport with power feeds.
The ways looked good on it. I sure wish I had some way to justify this. It would be a hoot to play with.
I found some baby (horrible) floor jacks suitable only for endangering your life and limb and then this monster:
This was rated at 15 tons. Obviously a truck jack. It was also 6 feet long or thereabouts. I could not lift the front part. Kinda overkill, but if I get Iota running and registered (so I can haul this), I might just come back and bargain for this monstrosity.
Oh, and here was a nice German car lift
Super sturdy looking. But again, I'm not trying to equip a garage.
I found a humongous vise that made my mouth water.
For scale, that is a 14" bandsaw base next to it. It was huge! But I'm not setting up a general shop in the warehouse so I can't really justify it. I suppose I could ship it back to the US in a truck but I have too many projects to handle properly.
There was some pretty big iron out there.
including this pretty nice English version of a Bridgeport with power feeds.
The ways looked good on it. I sure wish I had some way to justify this. It would be a hoot to play with.
I found some baby (horrible) floor jacks suitable only for endangering your life and limb and then this monster:
This was rated at 15 tons. Obviously a truck jack. It was also 6 feet long or thereabouts. I could not lift the front part. Kinda overkill, but if I get Iota running and registered (so I can haul this), I might just come back and bargain for this monstrosity.
Oh, and here was a nice German car lift
Super sturdy looking. But again, I'm not trying to equip a garage.