Round Tower Mill ?
 

http://img710.imageshack.us/i/roundtower1.jpg/
http://img716.imageshack.us/i/roundtower2.jpg/

What's it worth? The table had zero movement that I could feel by just
grabbing it and trying to shift it in either direction. Even when I threw
my weight against it. There was about 1/4 turn of slop in the X axis hand
wheel, and almost 1/2 in the Y. Both moved the table very smoothly and
easily. Its got square acme screws on the table. The knee handle (I guess
that is what it is) was broken and would need to be replaced or a new one
fabricated. It looks like a pot metal handle and so it could probably not
be welded. Its pretty simple though. I could make one easily enough.

Sorry about the lousy picture quality. I didn't think about taking a good
camera when I went to go look at it. Just had my cell phone.

Round Tower Mill ?
 

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:55:42 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

http://img710.imageshack.us/i/roundtower1.jpg/
http://img716.imageshack.us/i/roundtower2.jpg/

What's it worth? The table had zero movement that I could feel by just
grabbing it and trying to shift it in either direction. Even when I threw
my weight against it. There was about 1/4 turn of slop in the X axis hand
wheel, and almost 1/2 in the Y. Both moved the table very smoothly and
easily. Its got square acme screws on the table. The knee handle (I guess
that is what it is) was broken and would need to be replaced or a new one
fabricated. It looks like a pot metal handle and so it could probably not
be welded. Its pretty simple though. I could make one easily enough.

Sorry about the lousy picture quality. I didn't think about taking a good
camera when I went to go look at it. Just had my cell phone.



Chinese/Tawianese copy of the standard Bridgeport 1J.

The play can be adjusted out..usually.

$800-1500 here in California with some wear on it, and no DRO
Course..we have lots of actual Bridgeports for that price....

No powerfeeds either, they will set you back about $200..and you
actually only need one.

Tool holders? Vise?

Vise will set you back $50-120 for a used 6"
Tool holders will set you back about $100 if you shop wisely..or you
can buy......

http://cgi.ebay.com/13-PCS-R8-COLLET...-/230476503789

Cringe.....

or.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/R8-COLLETS-AND-R...-/400147560532


DRO..which may be a nice thing..if the mill is in good enough
condition....
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-AXIS-DRO-MILL-...-/230516446500

etc etc etc




Gunner


I am the Sword of my Family
and the Shield of my Nation.
If sent, I will crush everything you have built,
burn everything you love,
and kill every one of you.
(Hebrew quote)

Round Tower Mill ?
 

On 8/26/2010 6:25 AM, John R. Carroll wrote:
Bob La Londe wrote:
http://img710.imageshack.us/i/roundtower1.jpg/
http://img716.imageshack.us/i/roundtower2.jpg/

What's it worth?

Not more than four or five hundred at the most.
You can pick up fully equipped machines with tooling for a thousand.

Not here in N Texas. That machine would go fast at $1500, especially if
it's single-phase. That's with minimal or no tooling.

Round Tower Mill ?
 

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:43:33 -0500, RBnDFW wrote:

On 8/26/2010 6:25 AM, John R. Carroll wrote:
Bob La Londe wrote:
http://img710.imageshack.us/i/roundtower1.jpg/
http://img716.imageshack.us/i/roundtower2.jpg/

What's it worth?

Not more than four or five hundred at the most.
You can pick up fully equipped machines with tooling for a thousand.

Not here in N Texas. That machine would go fast at $1500, especially if
it's single-phase. That's with minimal or no tooling.


as has been noted before and repeatedly...its Regional.

Hence I generally indicate what stuff sells for here in So.
California...as I have no clue what something will sell for in Selma
Alabama or Dallas or Muncie....

It should be further noted that the Rust Belt..the Northeastern states
that have large...large...incredibly large areas of failed/abandoned
manufacturing....still have huge amounts of machinery on hand..large
surplus quantities that have little buyers.

In areas where there is lesser machinery..prices are higher.

Simply because it costs often times more than the individual piece of
machinery is worth, to move it from one area to another.


Gunner


I am the Sword of my Family
and the Shield of my Nation.
If sent, I will crush everything you have built,
burn everything you love,
and kill every one of you.
(Hebrew quote)

Round Tower Mill ?
 

On 8/26/2010 5:08 PM, John R. Carroll wrote:
RBnDFW wrote:
On 8/26/2010 6:25 AM, John R. Carroll wrote:
Bob La Londe wrote:
http://img710.imageshack.us/i/roundtower1.jpg/
http://img716.imageshack.us/i/roundtower2.jpg/

What's it worth?

Not more than four or five hundred at the most.
You can pick up fully equipped machines with tooling for a thousand.

Not here in N Texas. That machine would go fast at $1500, especially
if it's single-phase. That's with minimal or no tooling.

Some are more gullible or impulsive than others.
Something I already knew. The question was what is the thing worth, not what
a fool would pay.
Sheesh, I've seen things on Ebay or at auctions go for more than new price,
Literally.

Without readouts and a set of R-8 collets it isn't worth scrap iron and BTW,
real men laugh at power fed Bridgeport clones.

Maybe. I call it supply and demand.
There isn't much old iron around here.

--
I can see November from my front porch