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seldomseensmith

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A Lesson in Persistance..........
« on: March 12, 2012, 09:07:42 PM »
I lay here tonight a victorious man. After years of daily online searching, today I found my 4 barrel Jabez Burns sample roaster. I found it online, and within 30 minutes was in my truck driving the 8 hours round-trip to pick it up. Now I'm home, it's in my shop, and I'm smiling.

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Offline John F

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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2012, 09:10:20 PM »
Flipin' sweet!

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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2012, 09:17:43 PM »
Dude! that 's so cool.

Quadruple PID's here we come?  ;D
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seldomseensmith

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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2012, 09:21:29 PM »
Quote from: grinderz on March 12, 2012, 09:17:43 PM
Dude! that 's so cool.

Quadruple PID's here we come?  ;D

Probably just quad-thermocouples.
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milowebailey

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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2012, 09:35:06 PM »
Very nice... now the fun begins.
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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2012, 09:51:11 PM »
Congrats on the new roaster. 

We want pics! Pics!
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seldomseensmith

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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2012, 09:53:11 PM »
Quote from: ecc on March 12, 2012, 09:51:11 PM
Congrats on the new roaster. 

We want pics! Pics!

I'll dust her off a bit and post some pics, maybe tomorrow?
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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2012, 04:31:35 AM »
Well done seldomseensmith!

Can't wait to see your new baby!

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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2012, 05:32:32 AM »
Congrats!!!! 8)
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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2012, 05:58:28 AM »
Wow!

Bravo!
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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2012, 09:02:35 AM »
Good for you! Where did you have to go to get it? How did you go about finding it? I look every week for Jabez Burns, Barth, and Gothot sample roasters and I have for the past 4-5 years. I have only found 2 for sale on craigslist.

One was in Oakland, California, was a 4-barrel and the person wanted $800 . . . . Guess who bought that?!? Sweetmarias. The second was about a year ago, in Metro Chicago, it was a 3-barrel and they were asking $3,000. I would consider both to be a deal. It seems like refurbished ones fetch about $3k-$4k per barrel.
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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2012, 09:49:47 AM »
Congrats !!! WOW 4 roasts going at once.
Yesterday I had the Behmor and the Hottop going at the same time while rebuilding the carburetor on the weed whacker  :o. Man I hope I find that missing screw before the Vario does  8)
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seldomseensmith

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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2012, 10:00:54 AM »
Quote from: Warrior372 on March 13, 2012, 09:02:35 AM
Good for you! Where did you have to go to get it? How did you go about finding it? I look every week for Jabez Burns, Barth, and Gothot sample roasters and I have for the past 4-5 years. I have only found 2 for sale on craigslist.

One was in Oakland, California, was a 4-barrel and the person wanted $800 . . . . Guess who bought that?!? Sweetmarias. The second was about a year ago, in Metro Chicago, it was a 3-barrel and they were asking $3,000. I would consider both to be a deal. It seems like refurbished ones fetch about $3k-$4k per barrel.

My Methods: Everyday I do a nationwide Search Tempest search for "coffee roaster." Whenever I find any commercial roaster for sale, I email the person selling to inquier if they happen to have a sample roaster they are selling. Most people get annoyed, but yesterday I got this response: "I have a four barrel Jabez Burns, $4000." I ended up grabbing outside of Philly. I paid $3700.
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seldomseensmith

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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2012, 10:04:58 AM »
Quote from: yakster on March 13, 2012, 09:16:18 AM
Pictures or it didn't happen.   :P

Seriously, though, congratulations on a great score.

It's not cleaned up yet, but whatever, those pics can come later.

EDIT:  I went ahead and turned it rightside up for you, hope you don't mind... Aaron
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Re: A Lesson in Persistance..........
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2012, 10:38:08 AM »
Nice!
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