Last night, I spotted a hell of a deal on a shop sale in Forest Ontario that included a big lathe and sent the seller a message. Turns out the guy was desperate. His girlfriend had kicked him out of his own place and was selling his stuff. The timing of my call was perfect! His girlfriend was out of town on an overnight spa. Everything had to be gone before she got home later this morning!
So we worked out a deal. I move his shop for him and then I get my pick of his machines. I wanted the lathe. It's my dream machine. The only condition was that we had to get all of his other stuff out first. My pick had to go last.
HERO TIME!
I've always wanted to pull off an honest hoist like this and help out some poor smuck.
I hooked up my flat bed last night and hit the highway. My three boys met me at the 401 truck stop and off we went. Four mad men on a hero mission!
The seller met us there with the keys to the shop at 3am. I had installed some fake plates on my truck and flatbed in case she got home early or somebody takes a photo. But they were not needed.
We worked like mad men! We had the whole place cleaned out before the sun came up!
We are headed home now with my new baby! It's practically brand new! And it comes with the tailstock!
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