gas furnace for sale

[David Russell]

a correll gas furnace, freestanding 200lb with recouperator, programmable controller
and all safety controls including shut off relay for blower and blower, which is a quite large eclipse blower. its first melt was november 2004 and last melt was january 2009. it was hot for 8-9 months each year with 25-35 cycles per year for a total number of cycles estimated to be 120. asking price ....$7500

also for sale is an extra honeywell modulator IV motor (for the air butterfly valve) $500. this unit has been hooked up for 5 minutes only, once i realized this component was not my problem i removed it and put my old unit back in place and tracked down my problem, which was loose wiring in the controller box.

[Brian Gingras]

geez...pictures? those would be worth a 1,000words, or $7500!!! :) That's a lot of dough for a used gasser from 2004. Id say some good pictures would help tremendously in justifying that price :)

[David Russell]

i am trying to upload some pics now.
as for the price i think that asking somewhat less than 50% of its new cost is not off the mark. if you have a counter offer i am listening. it does have a few extras( like the recoup and blower relay) and is in quite good shape.

[Brian Gingras]

sorry, no counters here. These things lose 50% value the minute you fire them up and then keep going down from there. The last gas unit I had was run for 8 months and ended up being sold for scrap after parting out the combustion parts, and that unit looked brand new and was 800lb capacity. Right now $7500 is a dream to have in the bank for most studios. I know a shop out here has been sitting for 2 years on some equipment becuase of the asking price. The question starts to be weather you want to sell it or get rich selling it :) good luck, I'm sure someone will come along soon.

[Pete VanderLaan]

Sadly, it is the case that used glass equipment is a white elephant unless it's pretty small and can go in a weekend warriors garage. The same thing is true of machine shop tools. The stuff that is 2HP or so sells very well, like small mills. The lathes that it takes three flatbeds just to move sell for pennies a pound. Good glass grinding equipment sells better than furnaces and usually brings more money.

Good Luck.

[David Russell]

pete you and brian make good valid points. this is my first used furnace sale so i am learning while i go ( as it seems much is in life).
i cant sell it for scrap of course. it is in quite good condition with very little wear( the sill area, floor and burner block are all in great shape)

i will also sell the blower, safety controls and blower relay individually if someone is interested.

[Pete VanderLaan]

It certainly isn't my intent to quash the possibility of the sale David but the overview on used equipment is hard to deny. It's really a lot like real Estate in that every market is really local. If it happens to be that someone near you is starting up a shop, the price is good but if the thing has to be moved, the likely hood of a sale diminishes with every fifty miles. I noted that the post Rollin put up about his brother in laws tools being sold off at less than firesale prices resulted in two cane marvers being sold. Simply Syrup is still sitting on a shop full of tooling that no one has wanted because there are not many hardy souls trying to start up a shop in these economic times.

With the crucible sales, no one has a spare pot on their shelves these days because it is just like putting money on the shelf and parking it there. People now call in much greater desperation for a new pot because they have no fall back plan when the big leak comes. I think you have to decide whether having liquidity from selling off a tool you no longer need for less cash is better than having the tool and holding your ground to sell it for what you think it should sell for, and subsequently not having extra cash you really need.

Those big furnaces from Correll or HUB or whoever are really expensive compared to building your own and that shows up when you decide you no longer need the thing. The market speaks volumes. Cane marvers sell. Then again it's worthy to note that 2600F softbrick are over $4.00 each these days. That hurts.

I hope someone in your immediate vicinity can take advantage of the offer.

[Kenny Pieper]

David are you going out of Biz or did you get another furnace?

[David Russell]

hey kenny, i hope you are doing well.
i use an electric now, business is good
With the arrival of our little one last year it has compelled me to try to liquidate my unused equipment.

[Kenny Pieper]

Those big furnaces from Correll or HUB or whoever are really expensive compared to building your own and that shows up when you decide you no longer need the thing. The market speaks volumes.

I hope someone in your immediate vicinity can take advantage of the offer.[/QUOTE]

This however is a 200lb er.with controls and recuperater. Just the safety controls would cost what David is asking. For someone starting out or looking to upgrade this would be a good deal. I think Charley makes good equipment. I just looked at his sight and the cost of this unit with the recuperater new is $17850

[Rich Samuel]

David, double your asking price, call it an iPot, and you'll have a buyer in no time. :D

[Thom Kennedy]

David,
I am in need of a new furnace. had an accident moving mine when i changed shops a few months ago. I don't have the money youre asking but am interested in seeing the furnace.. where in SC are you?

[David Russell]

i am in the camden area