Do these have any value?

Mike Fitz

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I have been helping a neighbor clean up a farmstead, there was this Sioux valve grinder, that hasn't been used in along time, and what I am guessing is some sort of machine controller, I am wondering if they are worth saving or should go for scrap. Thanks Mike
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If you have all the tooling for the valve grinder it might be worth hauling home. As for the CNC readouts if you don't have the machine not worth much. Kind of like a tractor and no tools for it.
 
In the lawnmower shop I worked in about 9 years ago there was a valve machine similar to that one. We used that machine a lot. That assembly on the right side will put the exact valve clearance on a flathead Briggs engine valve if you know how to work it.
 

The DRO is actually part of a measuring system, a old CMM. It is at probably 20 years or more old. Not much value.
 
Sorry but yoy dont have much value there. The read out would have only have value to someone with that system in place , not much chance of that. Engine service tools such as that valve grinder have also gotten real cheap unless they are current models, complete, not worn out and ready to run. I bought a real nice Black and decker last summer for $100. Clean it up and put it on CL for a $100 and if you get it smIle on your way to the bank.
 
Thanks for the replies! Your opinions are in line with what I was thinking, I will probably get rid of them soon as I have no use for them. Mike
 
if the valve grinder is complete with all the tools is has some value to somebody who works on old cars trucks and tractors, and knows how to run it the rest i dont know
 
If you wiped down the valve service machine you would probably get 100 bucks for it . As it sits it is not attractive. The digital readout ? { who knows if you could get that to work. What do the wire leads go to? ]
 
Clean up the valve grinder, it's worth money and dig around and see if you can find the seat grinder and stones.
 
The cheapest valve grinder I could find on my local CL was priced at $250. The highest was $795. I know asking price does not necessarily equal sales price, but somebody thinks they're worth something.
 
The valve grinder is worth bringing home, especially to a
Shade tree mechanic.

Here's mine was Dad's
Works great and saves a couple hundred bucks at the machine shop.

Grinding valves, cutting seats is not hard once you understand it
And have the spec's.

Tom
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