me and my big tool

[lightenmyload.livejournal.com]

i've got a really big tool and my shed isn't big enough for it.  no, seriously.

i've got this enormous metal lathe, a monarch 12CK.  i've got an even bigger one, too, and the garage is pretty darn full with both of them in there so i'd like to find the monarch a new home.  it may not weigh exactly a ton, but it's a lot more than our car and will require a flatbed truck with a winch to move, so don't jump the gun and call your friend with a truck, unless your friend works at someplace likes pat's tow.  it takes 3-phase power, but i've been running it off a phase-matic converter for the last few years and i'm told that replacing the 3-phase motor with a single-phase would be easy enough.  ideally i'd like to find a trade school or similar to donate it to, but i'm not too picky, as long as it doesn't go for scrap metal.  help ?  anyone ?  bueller ?

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[lightenmyload.livejournal.com]

thanks very much for the suggestion, will call them if somerville high hasn't expressed an interest in the next two weeks.

[somertricky.livejournal.com]

You may have better luck with Medford: we had friends who moved to DC and Dave had to give up a full workshop (tablesaw, planer, drill press etc.) and he offered the entire lot to Somerville High for nothing if they'd move it out. Whoever is was (I can get you particulars) hemmed and hawwed for so long, Dave wound up calling Medford High and they took it off his hands pronto.