Won’t be long before this lathe goes.

[MalcBParticipant @malcb52554]

cheap price on this one.

**LINK**

[MalcBParticipant @malcb52554]

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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That is a very good price for that.

Maybe the education establishment has decided to sell it themselves as that is more than they would get from a dealer buying it in to move on. ………………… Possibly.?

Nick

[John RuddParticipant @johnrudd16576]

I'd have it myself…..its not too far away from me, across the bridge….

Alas, no room at the inn and a potential house move on the horizon…..besides, I have three lathes already….

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

If you clicked on the link did you also get more offers at the bottom of the page, including another M250 for £2,600!

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

Every machine tool seems to be an 'Ex school machine' even when it spent all its life in a steel mill.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

And if they have all been crashed like AllanB did on a college one the otherday who would want an ex schools/college machine!

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

And on one I saw the "scholars" seemed to think that the gearbox was where you put the swarf.

[Allan BParticipant @allanb]

Ummmm me? I would never do a thing like that 😂 😂 😂 they even offered to sell it to me cheep today lol.

Allan

[Alan Waddington 2Participant @alanwaddington2]

Not that much of a bargain, no gap bed, basic 4 way toolpost, no faceplate etc

I wouldn't buy a Harrison M without hearing it run either, unless it was really cheap.

Have come across a few M's that looked mint but sounded like a bag of spanners from the headstock.

And always makes me laugh when they put 'Ex School' like it's the holy grail…..Paint might have fared well in the classroom environment , but students are not sympathetic to machinery.

[GeorgineerParticipant @georgineer]

Posted by Alan Waddington 2 on 22/03/2017 20:58:39:l…..Paint might have fared well in the classroom environment……

… that depends if you can live with the epithets and symbols scratched into most of them.

George

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Posted by Alan Waddington 2 on 22/03/2017 20:58:39:

I wouldn't buy a Harrison M without hearing it run either, unless it was really cheap.

Have come across a few M's that looked mint but sounded like a bag of spanners from the headstock.

Too right.

Never struck me as a decent design in that they assembled the cluster of gear and then welded them all together.

At least all the Chinese knock off's I have seen have one piece cluster gears and never sound as dad as the M type.

[thaiguzziParticipant @thaiguzzi]

Premier machine Tools (no relation) have a couple of VERY nice Smart and Brown's for sale. One model A and a couple of late VSL's. Reasonable money too. If i still lived over there….

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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If I had the room. ………………. Which I don't

If I had a spare £1500 ………….. Which I don't

If I had need for another lathe ………. Which I don't

I would take a punt / gamble on that.

Nick

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