On 6 Nov 2005 14:07:32 -0800, wrote:

Gunner, no disrespect intended, but $300 for a Logan in an unknown
state while lacking a major component hardly wets the appetite. Any
moderately discriminating buyer with $300 in his pocket might just want
to know why the compound is missing, and what does that tell him about
the rest of the machine?

Have you considered offering it to the nautical crowd on eBay, where it
could make itself useful as a boat anchor or, if sufficiently massive,
a mooring anchor? ;-)

Perhaps harsh, I realize, but with my ultra right-wing mentality, I
have to look back on all the bargain-basement priced lathes that I
wasted my time investigating, before I began to realize that well worn
and rust encrusted junk machinery is simply that, junk! This is
precisely why I was damn glad to be the top bidder on a 12" Atlas in
pristine condition for $1200+, and shipping on top of that. Even at
that price, I left only about $25 laying on the table!

Gunner, am I telling it accurately and like it is?

Kindest regards, Harry C.

I wonder Harry..how much a person could make by simply parting it out
on Ebay, or to someone with a badly worn Logan 14"?

Perhaps $300?

As to why the compound is missing, I dont have the slightest idea. It
came from a shop that used the large Logans to cut plastic with. Ive
already sold the complete ones for $1800 each, with no complaints from
the buyers. This being only missing the compound, an item that can
be stuck together from something off a Southbend etc etc carcass..I
figured it was a good deal. I guess I could part it out and sell the
slide and tailstock to one of the guys with a 14" Logan Chucker .
Seems carraiges go for about $300 and tailstocks for Logan 14s seldom
go for less than $150 on Ebay...usually more.. hummm I do have a
couple spare 14" tailstocks come to think of it as well. Then of
course there is the quick change gearbox and all the other frufrus
that are still on the lathe and apparently in decent condition.

But hey...Ive never sold a machine tool before to anyone, so us
newbies have to start somewhere. So what would you suggest is a fair
price? Or should I simply have the scrappers come and get it? Along
with the two Boyer Shutze surface grinders (free to whoever wants them
to fix up) and the working Hobart Cybertig 2 tig welder? ($200
obo..3ph, will run on a 10hp rpc)

You are absolutely correct. Since I only swapped the equivelent of
$1000 for the Hardinge HLV-H and the 1500 Clausing (total amount),
they should get me .30 a pound for scrap too. They were both sight
unseen when I made the deal.

And lets not mention all the Myford stuff that went sight unseen too.
Shrug

Respects

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner