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<BODY><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,sans-serif>The table saw is 12 inch, with a 53 in fence, which is pretty big. You would need the trailer just to move it! <BR><BR><BR><BR>My parents used to do flea marketing. During the week, they would go to auctions and buy things, then on Sundays the would go to a flea market and sell them. They actually did pretty well, but they were retired, so the time they spent didn't matter, and they had fun doing it. If you actually figured out their hourly rate, they probably weren't earning minimum wage. One of they keys to what they did is they bought stuff in the Lehigh Valley - Reading - Lancaster area, and sold the stuff in the Poconos where there were a lot of people from New York City. <BR><BR><BR><BR>You generally aren't going to make much money selling stuff at auctions, because auctioneers take a pretty good cut, and you never know if you will have buyers. Note that to get a good price on an item, you need at least two buyer interested in it. They are often a good place to buy stuff though. Hand tools sell very poorly at flea markets and yard sales, unless they are in excellent condition. I think there must be a requirement that every flea market have a table with old drill bits, slightly rusty monkey wrenches, and an old electric drill with a damaged cord. Old power tools sell poorly too - You can see if they have a bad cord, but you can't tell if the brushes are worn or the bearings are shot. Unless a tool is old enough to be collectable, auctioneers will usually throw it in a box with a bunch of other tools and try to sell it as a box lot. <BR><BR><BR><BR>It is definitely possible to buy stuff locally and sell it on Ebay. The biggest problem is the time it takes. Someone has to put together the writeup and photos for the auction, someone has to promptly answer questions, and someone has to get the item shipped. This is worth talking about. <BR><BR><BR><BR>RSJ <BR><BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT>-----Original Message----- <BR>>From: Josiah Ritchie <BR>>Sent: Jun 27, 2012 10:04 AM <BR>>To: Build things for fun! <BR>>Subject: Re: [MakeLV] Woodworking Tool Auction <BR>> <BR>>Fire proof cabinet seems like a good choice for storing chemicals in. <BR>>We don't really have anything like that atm. <BR>> <BR>>If the tool boxes are the big ones on wheels, that could be real handy. <BR>> <BR>>Table saw, I don't think Ellis picked up one of those yet. <BR>> <BR>>Woodworking vise or clamps would also be really good to have around. <BR>> <BR>>Shop Vac would be handy. <BR>> <BR>>The only thing that I know we don't need in that list is the heater. <BR>>Even the trailer could be handy for transportation of stuff while we <BR>>are doing these auctions. I'm starting to wonder if we could do these <BR>>auctions as a fund raiser. Could we buy up things cheap and then sell <BR>>them for more as individual items on craigslist or even ebay if we get <BR>>smaller items? <BR>> <BR>>JSR/ <BR>> <BR></BODY>