Trevor Jones wrote:
ATP wrote:

You live in the wrong area, I guess. Basic manual surface grinders
are going for about $50. I just saw a Bridgeport with a Mitutoyo DRO
setup sell for $950. An old Van Norman with a DRO went real cheap,
less than 200 IIRC, the guy planned on stripping it and selling the
rest of the machine for scrap.

Apparently I do live in the wrong area. If I was seeing prices like
those around here, I'd need a whole lot bigger shop. :-)

Where are you?

Cheers
Trevor Jones

Long Island, and I am thinking about building a bigger shop. Truthfully at
this point, I don't always know what I'm looking at, but I can see where the
dealers are willing to go pricewise on stuff, and I know how much some stuff
will bring on ebay. When I got my first Nichols mill recently I didn't know
an arbor from an arborvitae, and I'm still ignorant but gaining some
experience.