Rusty lathe for sale

[John RuddParticipant @johnrudd16576]

Posted by Cyril Bonnett on 19/04/2017 21:01:00:

£117 and rising!

You could always bid on a Ajax Horizontal milling machine, only a bit rusty but at 0.99p it's a snip.

**LINK**

I would, but its at Dorking….a bit too far for me….Looks like an AJ7 or 8 I had one before, had been abused by previous owner(s). I converted it to 3 phase with a vfd and sold it on, wish I had kept it now…

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Rust like that is in the tolerances

It's in the headstock bearings, the cross slide surfaces the leadscrew the tailstock barrel

It's a dead parrot, even in Norway

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Ady1 on 20/04/2017 00:51:22:

It's in the headstock bearings

 

Wouldn't have thought white-metal would go rusty (?)

Given the prices that are asked for used ML7/S7 parts, I wonder what the non-rusted (alloy, bearings etc) parts would go for.

Edited By Bandersnatch on 20/04/2017 01:09:35

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

The inner part of the headstock casting which contacts the spindle bearings will be shot, you can probably waggle the bearings about after a few taps with a lead mallet

As I say, a dead parrot

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Of course it could be a challenge for someone…

Dump it into an oildrum full of vinegar for a few days…

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Sorry Ady – I edited mine while you wrote that.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

And the poor spindle, that's finest quality hardened and ground steel, top of the line stuff

yup, dead parrot

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

I got my Drummond M series with busted backgear, a spare bed and a load of bits for 125 bananas 10 years ago…

This must be inflation adjusted Brexit prices we're seeing now

Some naughty individual will clean up the bits, paint them and pass 'em on as pre-loved spares

Edited By Ady1 on 20/04/2017 01:53:18

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Can't sleep Ady?

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Waiting for the quad core to finish a project, can't sleep any more than 6-7 hours nowadays anyway…

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I wonder if that lathe will re-appear sprayed green all over, including the bed?

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

I wonder if there will be a last second flurry, unfortunately I won't be in today

If I ever put a reserve on something I always say how much it is, just so folk know where they need to go

Edited By Ady1 on 20/04/2017 08:41:25

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

This could be the ideal boat anchor for my fishing boat. I need weight up forrard once the 50hp pushes it up to 40 knots the bow rises.

* Danny M *

[Roger Williams 2Participant @rogerwilliams2]

Nowt as queer as folk…..£117 at the minute !.

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Well it went up to £137 and still didn't meet the reserve price.

I never thought we'd get over 3 pages of amusement out of it.

What shall we look at next?

Edited By Robbo on 20/04/2017 14:05:54

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Posted by Robbo on 20/04/2017 14:02:51

What shall we look at next?

Maybe it will get relisted….

This one has legs

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Not modelling, but mechanical engineering of the Victorian age. I recently watched only half a circular sock machine sell on epay. If complete it was worth perhaps a grand or more, but with a lot of irreplaceable parts missing it was worth less than half that. Basically bought as spares or for completion from parts of another broken/worn out/partly rusted away machine.

Bidding went to £370 towards the end of the auction, which was still too "hot" for me. In the last few seconds two people had placed bids for nearly, or over, £1300, so the highest bidder got it "dropped on their toes" for about £1290. We, of course, have no idea if the bidder suddenly got wise to their mistake and defaulted (but it has not been relisted)….

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

"This one has legs"

I expect they are rusty too.

[Phil H1Participant @philh196021]

not done it yet? Are you seriously suggesting you would buy half a sock machine if it had gone for less than £370?

[the artfull-codgerParticipant @theartfull-codger]

£137.00 & not met the reserve!! should have snapped the buyers hand off,.

Classified

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Robbo on 20/04/2017 14:02:51:

I never thought we'd get over 3 pages of amusement out of it.

What shall we look at next?

Edited By Robbo on 20/04/2017 14:05:54

Well, we could discuss the difference in the rates of rust accumulation between Boxford and Myford lathes, surely that would keep us going for a week or two

Ian P

[Martin 100Participant @martin100]

Must be about six or eight years ago I came across a quite early Myford lathe in the basement of a second hand shop in North Wales. I was browsing for other things entirely with a relative and certainly didn't expect to see a lathe amongst furniture and crockery etc.

Close to zero rust, not tarted up with a slap of paint, identifed later from a few photos I took as possibly an ML4 from the early 1940's, I think it was priced at around 100 quid with a selection of tooling, chucks, faceplate etc Certainly a far more viable machine tool than the one referred to in this thread.

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

you seriously suggesting you would buy half a sock machine if it had gone for less than £370?

Did you seriously read my post? Yes, of course I would have bought it if it had gone for a reasonable price (far less than £370) and had it been what I needed.

However most of what was there was not what I needed – and most certainly not for that money. The cylinder (a very rare item) r

equired needles which are not available and, of course, it would require other complementary parts which were missing.

But that did not stop me watching it. I was amazed at the final outcome – £1277. The table top (missing the leg and feet) also had some value. Complete and good working examples of that marque are a fairly well sought after and valuable com

odity, especially if with an original table. There is one currently asking £1600 (without the table, I think). Should not get a 'bite', but one never knows – with people around like the bidders above.

I was interested in the item initially, but it faded very quickly.

(Added before posting – I expect this posting to have lousy layout as my copy has unalterable variable font size and peculiar paragraphing at the keying stage).

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

There's a good vertical slide for that rusty Myfrod for sale on Fleabay Australia — for only $250 (125 squids)

Seller's description is a classic: "It is in great condition but needs a clean."

Really?

It can be seen in its full glory here **LINK**

The seller's eBay moniker is The_S_Master. No prizes for guessing what the S stands for.

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

I see he is also selling parts for a mini excavator – perhaps he dug this up in the garden?

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