"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
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Paul,
From what I have seen
at auctions, Asian tools like Grizzly bring almost nothing when resold.

On ebay this might be true, but what I've seen is that the used asian
machines bring just about the same as used american iron, IF they're just
advertised with a fair price on them and the seller is up front about the
machine. Try to sell it for what it isn't and there aren't many buyers
stupid enough to swallow your line. I've picked up old US made drill
presses from the scrapyard for little to nothing, but have yet to see one of
the asian machines come in.

On the flip side, I've got an older Shopsmith in beautiful condition that
I've got $200 in, and it looks like I'm going to sit on that until I die,
$200 is what I have to get for it, and I'm not coming down. If it doesn't
find a new home by the end of summer, one piece at a time it'll go to the
scrapyard.

Rich