On 6 Nov 2005 23:14:19 -0800, jim rozen
wrote:

In article , Gunner Asch says...

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?

What you are looking at is the difficulty of making any
money in the used machinery business. Sobel is closing
up shop little by little.

You would think given the complaints about how scare
used machinery is on this board, somebody would take
an interest in a $300 logan. But apparently quite
the opposite, eh?

If it were for free they would make half the lathe if
it were missing.

As a man once said, shrug.

Jim

Chuckle..Im fascinated at times by the "tire kickers" here. The guys
who hear about a decent machine...then bitch that its not
A. Free,
B. Not free and have perfect paint,
C. Not free, with perfect paint and in factory show room condition.

Then bitch about there not being any machines available.

These are some of the same people that when offered a decent Free
machine..are unwilling to spend the gas money to go get it.

And then bitch about there not being any machines available.

Ever wonder why nearly no machine tool dealer ever posts something
here? Because they know all about "tire kickers". And its not like
machine tool dealers dont have cheap machines collecting dust.....they
do, and often far too many of them, that are perfect for the home shop
machinist, but are too old, or too light duty for the commercial
market.

Shrug indeed.

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