Found a couple Fellows shapers. Guy in his 80's way out in the sticks. Quite a drive from where I'm at. Sounds like a dirt floor shop. No forklift to load. He says he made all the tri-lobe change gears. One shaper has a riser. Guy did mostly one off gear job work. Sounds like lots of gear cutters. His hands don't work right anymore so he needs to sell them off he says.
The guy said he didn't want much for them. I offered in the range of $3000 for the pair with change gears and cutters and he seemed offended.
The guy doesn't have a cell phone or a camera. Can't send pictures. "Come and look for yourself".
I'm thinking these would be worth $3000 each if they were near civilization, in decent shape with pictures. In this situation around half that sounds more realistic to me.
I might make the trek to look at them later this week. Any important things to check on fellows #6's?
And on that note are there variations of the 6's? The guy just says they're 6's. He won't refine that to a "6A" or such.
The guy said he didn't want much for them. I offered in the range of $3000 for the pair with change gears and cutters and he seemed offended.
The guy doesn't have a cell phone or a camera. Can't send pictures. "Come and look for yourself".
I'm thinking these would be worth $3000 each if they were near civilization, in decent shape with pictures. In this situation around half that sounds more realistic to me.
I might make the trek to look at them later this week. Any important things to check on fellows #6's?
And on that note are there variations of the 6's? The guy just says they're 6's. He won't refine that to a "6A" or such.