I toured Dayton Machine several years ago when the SME had a Conference on Machine Rebuilding in Dayton OH. I spoke about scraping, Drew Devitt spoke about Moglice, Lead Screws international sent a guy, Fanuc, SKF and about a total of about 8 of us experts spoke, then we did a Q&A session. There were possibly 100 attendee's. We all went to Dayton Machine and toured their shop. It was a block long and they had overhead cranes. I had never seen so many angled straight edges.
The fellow (buyer) who called me, called me back and said he bought several cast iron plates and several straight edges and squares and emailed pictures. Many were specials they made for doing particular projects. He is a rookie who wants to get a lot of tools. He must have a few bucks, lol I told him I was selling my equipment now as I'm not going to do any big machines anymore. I was never more then 5 scraper employee plus a truck driver, welder and secretary.. Dayton Machine had probably 40 employees and was one of the premier machine rebuilders in the USA. Another great company bites the dust. The fellow said the owner retired and they didn't go bankrupt. I would put them on the same plain as
http://www.schmiedecorp.com/services/rebuild-retrofit-remanufacture/ who are still in business.
. I'm the gentleman that spoke with Rich. I was able to snag a few lots at the dayton auction. Not as many lots as I'd like as the computer on the auction side had a slight malfunction and it got confusing for a few minutes. I ended up loosing the lots I really wanted. The king way went for roughly $800. Some non orignal parts on it but the replacements where very nice. I should have bought it. The Hawk auction (happening as we speak) I got outbid last second on the 48in camel backs. They brought pretty good money but everything at this auction is bringing near retail. 
