Cabin Fever Expo 2005

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Cabin Fever Expo 2005

I attended the '05 Expo, held in January at the York PA Fairgrounds. The above photo is the Saturday 9AM opening at the exhibit hall. Following are photos from the show; this text just glues them together. My initial effort is to display the more interesting photos and to give a visual flavor of the show. I'll add more text and descriptions as time permits.

Friday auction

Friday auction from 1PM to 7:30PM, straight. There were over 700 items auctioned, so bidding was fast. There were likely 400-500 bid passes issued, but a lot of bidding was down to a number of dealers. However many individuals bid and won items of interest to them. (I was not one of them, this year.)

horizontal mill
South Bend? Logan? lathe
some of the crowd
South Bend shaper Several dealers brought shapers to sell.
Elgin lathe
motors, chucks, etc.
dividing head
hardness tester
emco Unimat 3 lathe, in the box
tabletop lathe
many hand files, new!
atlas lathe and horizontal mill
atlas lathe and horizontal mill
collets
burke horizonal millThere were 3 or 4 for sale also.
here's a stadimeter , apparently for distance measurement
stadimeter text may be informative. Sold for >$100.

sales

Sales areas were along the walls, in both rooms.

one sales area Note there is table room for more exhibitors!
nice precision level from Starret. Some damage and obvious repair. Tempting!
burke mill, one of a few for sale.
crafted tool cabinets
rotary tables at modest prices, import?
Sobel's table a long-time machine tool dealer in NJ

Cabin Fever runs a consignment section, where people bring stuff to sell. There is a commission cost which varies with sale price, 10%-15% or so.

consignment stuff on right, a vendor's stuff on the left.
model engines on consignment, not cheap.
3-axis CNC controller and motors, several hundred dollars
practically new lathe for a few thousand.
gears gears gears! from an estate

exhibits

Exhibit tables were in the two rooms. Most were fitted for air, to drive the models.

trains There was a scale track setup. Also some train vendors.
industrial sewing machine. Also some exhibits of hand-powered 19th cent. equipment
one stretch of model engine exhibitors. air lines to drive the models.
another stretch, and some early crowds.
and another strech Against the back wall are the vendors.
a row of engines. Against the back wall are the vendors
more engines on tables
Stirling (heat) engines on the right. Again, vendors in the back.
Monitor engine, a scale model from the Civil War submarine
Xantho engine, an Australian watercraft. Working engine by the way.
model boat on display and a shot of the crowd. There is a "lake" at the show.
nice boiler, built up from copper tubing.
presentations and talks at the show. This is by XOR.