Myford Rodney

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20 January 2012 at 01:22 #82493
Bob Lamb
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Am I going mad or is the world going a bit crazy – did anyone see the Rodney which has just sold on ebay for £1027!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and there were two people bidding more than £1000 – and it needed a new drive belt – I think the vendor must be a very happy person tonight
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20 January 2012 at 01:22 #21995
Bob Lamb
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20 January 2012 at 07:15 #82497
Terryd
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Hi Bob,

A reference number would have been fun so that we could all have had a good laugh,

T
20 January 2012 at 07:38 #82500
Bob Lamb
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@boblamb44747
Sorry Terry – hate to prevent you from having a laugh – the ref no was 220928869798. Sit down before you type it in or buy up all the Rodneys around – better than a Building society for a return!

Bob
20 January 2012 at 09:51 #82507
John Stevenson 1
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@johnstevenson1
Bloody hell I think I might have a couple of these somewhere, only problem is do I have enough rope to tie round my waist and a big enough bag of breadcrumbs to go looking?

Last time I went hunting for something I got side tracked and didn’t get back for 3 weeks

John S.
20 January 2012 at 09:52 #82508
David Clark 13
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Hi There

When buying on Ebay, you will probably be buying that item once only.

if it does not get listed very often, then paying a bit over the top to get it is probably the best idea.

regards David
20 January 2012 at 10:31 #82511
Ian S C
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@iansc
Its just the same at live auctions, I, seen people bid 50% over the current retail price for an item redily available. Ian S C
20 January 2012 at 11:49 #82519
Ady1
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He’s still got to get paid.

If it gets relisted in the next few weeks then the buyer will have got cold feet or come up with an excuse to not pay.

Edited By Ady1 on 20/01/2012 11:51:28
20 January 2012 at 12:28 #82527
David Littlewood
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Bob,

You said “and there were two people bidding over £1000”. This is the only way that final price can be reached, given the way the eBay bidding system works. The final price is always determined by what the second highest bidder puts in as his maximum bid.

David
20 January 2012 at 13:40 #82536
Tony Pratt 1
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@tonypratt1
Heres another one. Ref # 320832902250

Tony
20 January 2012 at 16:17 #82550
Alan Worland 1
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@alanworland1
Crikey! Folk really want these!

I am not sure of the difference but I have the Myford VMD milling attachment, which I find very usefull not having a milling m/c – the only downside is it is quite a lump to get on/off the lathe and obviously the lathe is then tied up – a bit of planning usually helps!

I paid £160 a couple of years ago

Alan
20 January 2012 at 21:19 #82591
Brian Dickinson 2
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@briandickinson2
I have been watching fixed steadies and travel ones for boxfords on flebay. They make on average 100 quid and 50 quid respectfully. i got to 145 for a pair last week and then gave up!!

bri
20 January 2012 at 21:33 #82595
John Stevenson 1
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If I wanted a milling attachment for something like a Myford I’d buy one of the SX2 mills from ARC with the fixed column and brushless motor and sell the base on Ebay or turn it into a T&C grinder.

The column has a big flat base to make it easy to mod to fit.

John S.
20 January 2012 at 22:02 #82597
Ian P
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Posted by John Stevenson on 20/01/2012 21:33:51:

If I wanted a milling attachment for something like a Myford I’d buy one of the SX2 mills from ARC with the fixed column and brushless motor and sell the base on Ebay or turn it into a T&C grinder.

The column has a big flat base to make it easy to mod to fit.

John S.

If you buy an SX2 mill why on earth would you want to limit its usage by splitting it in two and bolting to a lathe.

Sounds daft to me!

Ian P
20 January 2012 at 22:12 #82598
John Stevenson 1
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@johnstevenson1
Some people only have room for a lathe hence the attraction of a Rodney and the like.

Lets face it for £1,027 you could have bought an X3 AND tooled it up.

John S.
25 January 2012 at 10:40 #82922
Bob Lamb
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@boblamb44747
Just looked at ebay and it’s still possible to get a Rodney for the “rock bottom” price of £400 with about a day to go – it will be interesting to see if it makes the previous stratospheric heights – in which case I will be the one looking silly as I got rid of mine last year.

Bob
25 January 2012 at 16:03 #82941
chris stephens
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I doubt it will go as high as the first one, I suspect that there is now only the one person willing to go so high, as the other has bought his. Isn’t the first buyer going to kick himself if this one only reaches the middle hundreds?

chriStephens
26 January 2012 at 20:13 #83084
chris stephens
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@chrisstephens63393
It went for £535, I think I heard the screams from the first buyer, did any of you?

chriStephens
26 January 2012 at 21:58 #83104
Bob Lamb
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@boblamb44747
Having seen this I am sure the original vendor is down at the pub tonight celebrating. I wonder how the latest buyer will spend the nearly £500 he saved from the last Rodney.

Bob
26 January 2012 at 22:16 #83107
Gray62
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@gray62
dammit, I sold 3 of these for £450 each not too many years ago, needed the money to fund a mill upgrade, no regrets as I now have one helluva mill ( Ajax AJT4), the buyers were also very happy – no surprise there, I did spend a great deal of time on refurb however this was a labour £1k plus is a ridiculous amount to pay for one of these units. £500 is about right in my books but…
20 February 2016 at 18:35 #226211
jonathan olley
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Dear All, I have a Rodney and it has a problem. I detailed the problem, a stiff quill, at; http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=115074#1966259 last night.

If anyone would be kind enough to take a look at the post and perhaps advise me i would be most grateful. Now, i bought this 'unit' before I knew anything about milling…it was much cheaper than some of the sums mentioned above, but I'm beginning to realize why that might have been! So before I consign the Rodney to elaborate 'chock' status, i'd like to investigate the possibility of getting it up and running so I can either sell it and retire or perhaps even use it in my space 'challenged' workshop…!

Many thanks, j.o.
20 February 2016 at 19:47 #226218
Robbo
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Bob

The one that showed up using the ref no you quoted was dated Jan 2012, so don't understand how you have just found it!
20 February 2016 at 20:23 #226219
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Robbo on 20/02/2016 19:47:12:

Bob

The one that showed up using the ref no you quoted was dated Jan 2012, so don't understand how you have just found it!

.

Robbo,

Bob's post was also dated 2012

The thread has been revived becuse Ady1 kindly provided list of some previous discussions.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 20/02/2016 20:25:17
21 February 2016 at 09:57 #226269
Robbo
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Thanks Michael, didn't look at that date
22 February 2016 at 05:42 #226398
Hopper
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@hopper
There was a Super 7 in apparently good nick with a Rodney milling attachment included for sale on Gumtree in Australia recently for $800. (about 400 pounds) for the lot. I thouhgt about it, but it was gone the next day. It was only 900 miles away too.
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