Gunner Asch on Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:13:41 -0700
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

People who buy used machinery..know full well that they are not buying
a brand new machine...but they expect it to do what they are buying it
For..and unless they are told up front that bearings are bad...they
expect them to be "adequate". Bearings can be a pain in the ass to
replace in metalworking machinery. Seriously....

Also, there is the difference between expectations of what
constitutes "adequate". Which as I think about it, really means "this
machine has 500 hours to go before [e.g., the bearings] go." which,
for a production shop running machines 24/7 is less than a month. but
for a home shop, that may last ten years - and then the bearing will
need replacing because they've been sitting so much B-)


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pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."