On 4 February 2026 at 22:07 interferencefit Said:

It’s not officially for sale so I don’t have an asking price to work from, nor will I get one as it’s a sensitive and delicate situation for reasons I won’t bore you with. I just need to make a fair offer.

He just told you he can’t ask.

On 4 February 2026 at 22:16 blowlamp Said:

I’d ask him how much he wants for the mill and if it sounds reasonable then I’d pay it.

To get some idea you could check the price of a similar Warco or Chester machine.

Martin.

Agree with Martin.  I’d start by asking the seller what he wants and negotiate from that.  Condition and accessories make a big difference.  If it’s as good as described, £1500 to £3000.

Don’t be embarrassed, this is business.   A low offer might well be attractive if he’s keen to get rid in return for a quick, no fuss, take it away now sale. Your job to buy cheap, his to sell dear, but you may be in a good position to bargain.  Secondhand traditional prices seem to be falling compared with 10 years ago.

Have you seen the machines cut metal?  In the absence of experience, it’s the easiest way of spotting issues.  Good looks don’t guarantee all is well…

Dave

It doesn’t look the milling-machine has had much heavy use, but I’d rather see it with the table exposed. The machine itself looks to have been repainted fairly recently, when compared to its stand.

The lathe looks so new I wonder if it’s a recent Myford rebuild that had had virtually no use by the seller.

I treated my ML7 and VM-C to Newton-Tesla 3-ph conversions, and the mill to an Allendale DRO. If you do buy the mill and consider those modifications they are expensive but worthwhile (I used the mill today, even!); but fitting a 3-axis DRO to a machine not designed for such things is a challenge.

On 4 February 2026 at 22:49 interferencefit Said:

Having spent an age looking at Warco and lots of other new / Chinese lathes, having now got my hands on an almost ‘as new’ Myford Super 7, I can see night and day the difference in build, construction and overall quality.

Careful, there’s some on here that will take offence at that. Some will even argue that it’s racist to notice the difference! 😅

Anyway. In answer to your question. The last 2 Myford VMC’s to sell on ebay fetched £1170 and £1570 neither looked as nice as the one in your pictures, though one did have a DRO.

The Myford VMC is made in Taiwan, inspected by Myford and rebadged.

The Warco VMC is essential the same machine, but the new ones are made in China rather than Taiwan. They are currently about £3k new and regularly fetch between £1000-2000 used depending on condition, tooling and spec.

The Myford name will always add a premium, but to me it doesn’t matter that much.

My gut instinct is that £1500 would be fair.

On 4 February 2026 at 22:45 Charles Lamont Said:

On 4 February 2026 at 22:07 interferencefit Said:

It’s not officially for sale so I don’t have an asking price to work from, nor will I get one as it’s a sensitive and delicate situation for reasons I won’t bore you with. I just need to make a fair offer.

He just told you he can’t ask.

Of course he can.  And should.

If it’s not for sale and the situation really is that sensitive and delicate,  then raising the subject at all will cause offence. I don’t think offering a “fair price” makes any difference.  We have no idea what the seller thinks it’s worth, and it might have sentimental value to him, that’s irrelevant to everyone else.  Offering well over the top, say £6000, might sweeten the pill, but clearly isn’t in the purchasers interest. Value depends on what purchasers are prepared to pay, not what the seller wants!  Offering a “fair price” in the low-range, less than, say, £1500 might cause considerable offence.  (The accessories add value)

As I said, this is business, just ask tactfully and back off if need be.  Don’t ask, don’t get.  If a deal can’t be done, there are alternative mills.

Dave

Just bear in mind that compared with the Warco VMC machine, the Myford has no quill fine feed and a smaller table. It wouldn’t do to buy it and then find the lack of quill fine feed a real pain.

I bought a new Warco VMC in 2017 for £1900 and have since added a 3 phase motor and VFD, X&Y axis DRO, battery quill DRO and a 100mm column riser block. Very happy with it now.

Does the table not provide an effective fine feed to put on a cut? I though that was standard method on knee mills. a good number of which don’t even have a quill let alone one with fine feed.

Just to add a little more information about this machine, as I happen to own one with certain modifications.

The first mod was to fit a 3ph motor and inverter. This got around a lot of faffing with moving the drive belts around.

I bought a genuine Myford head riser block kit to increase Z axis workspace.

I fitted a three axis DRO which included the knee.

Finally, I modified the quill to give fine-feed adjustment.

Martin.

The mill is worth what you want to pay, your decision! Have a look on eBay etc to get a feel for what is about, a mill is a machine tool the same as a lathe so you will have some idea even looking at the pictures. When buying a hands on inspection is essential. Update – I’ve just had a look on eBay and there is such a variation of mills and prices that I can’t see that avenue helping much.

Tony

The lack of fine feed isn’t that big of a deal really. You just raise the knee. Raising the knee retains rigidity better than lowering the quill anyway.

I’ve had both versions (Taiwanese Myford and Chinese Warco) of the VMC. Not much to choose between them but the the Taiwanese version is slightly better build quality and better finished. Both are good rigid machines.

IMO £2000 is the top end of what it’s worth so it would need to be in very good condition.

For the same money you could probably get a good used example of the Warco version with a DRO and/or power feed/s.

You raise the knee by cranking the big handle to the left of the y feed. It’s much harder work than using a quill if you’re drilling several holes, anx only works for vertical holes. A quill makes life easier.