I suppose an imported machine offers more travel than the rather small 12″ x 4″, more vertical height and a quill to make drilling on the machine easier. Or there is old iron out there with bigger capacity for a similar cost.

Its ridgity and seamless speed control with full torque. with the parts I make (tools and ic ) the physical size suits me and the table tooling doesn’t need an o/head crane to fit it. I fitted an x way feed motor a lot of years ago and that transformed the finish, oh and yes dro as well, most probably the best thing you can do to improve your work IMHO.

I sold mine last year on Ebay and it made £475, i.e. the starting bid price because there wasn’t much interest despite it being the rarer two-speed version.

I have a workshop and garage full of classic British machine tools, mostly in very good condition, which I thought were somewhat of an investment when I bought them. However, I now think they are becoming more of a millstone round my neck with the time to downsize, or the need to relieve my wife of the problem should something happen to me, fast approaching.

I think this is because of several factors: a. there is diminution of interest in the hobby generally as the older generation recedes, b. the younger element that exists is increasingly interested in modern technology with CAD, CNC machining and precision laser cut parts becoming commonplace and c. as the old British machines change hands over the years, becoming increasingly worn, they are more conveniently replaced by new far-eastern products of which the quality, price and availability makes them a very attractive proposition.

Price depends a lot on time of year and location. People are not looking to buy heavy tools just before Christmas from a mountain top in Wales.

Bernard, out of interest is that your only mill or do you have others available?

@bernardtowers3773 could you please let me know more detail of your cross feed motor and dro on your Raglan Vertical Miller. I’d like to modify mine similarly. Thanks.

Great, thank you @enginebuilder.