Boxford AUD price thoughts?

[Cato]

Following the advice on the other thread, an AUD ticks all of the boxes for my requirements so I've been keeping my eye out. A few have popped up, and this one caught my eye because of the condition. Obviously you're going to pay a premium, but that seems a lot. Or am I underestimating how much extra something in this condition is worth, and from a dealer rather than a private seller? Boxford AUD

 

[Seadog]

Mark Lord isn't cheap, but he's running a business. If it's had an overhaul that counts for a little. HOWEVER, it doesn't have any steadies, and they will set you back £300, if you can find 5" ones. Probably more. Dickson qctp but only three holders. No outside jaws mentioned for the 3-jaw either. It is very clean and, if you have any problems they'll be sorted out. I have dealt with Ostia in the past without problems. I would expect (hope) to pay about £1400-1600 if it was a private seller.

 

[MetalMonkey]

I think that is pricey.
For that sort of money I'd be looking at a Colchester, Harrison, Smart and Brown or maybe a baby DSG.

There is a reasonable looking Kerry 1124 on ebay for £1450, and a few M300s - if you can fit a slightly bigger machine you will get much more for your money.

 

[Arc Tourist]

From serial # 35000 onward it should have headstock bearings greased for life. It is one of the desirable long bed models, and the only one more sought after is the VSL model, which has a larger bore through the spindle. When considering a lathe, the price "should" include the standard equipment they were sold with. Tail stock, tool post, 3 & 4 jaw chucks, steady & follower rest's, and a faceplate; but they rarely do, so expect to allow money for these in your budget and other tooling you may need or want.

 

[Cato]

Useful information gents, thanks.

I'm not in a busting hurry so I can wait for the right one to turn up. This was more about getting a feel for what is or isn't the range of prices to be expected.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Suggestion. Find out the going rate (cost) for the tooling that was available for a particular lathe you are looking for. Lists of these items can be found when researching on the lathes.co.uk website. So, when you see a lathe for sale with any of the items you can get a better idea of the value of the package being offered; and also how much money you can most likely recover buy reselling any unwanted tooling.

 

[Seadog]

It is one of the desirable long bed models,

It is, I forgot to mention that.

 

[northwest]

I sold the ME10 on THIS PAGE for £1800 and I have a Harrison M300 for sale for not much more.

 

[addjunkie]

At 2400 it looks dear, but they are a very desirable machine for the home user. As he's a dealer, he will need to make a profit and cover his out lay and transport already incurred. Good unabused machines are getting less and less…..but Ithink that'll sell at that money but slowly.

 

[Cato]

I sold the ME10 on THIS PAGE for £1800 and I have a Harrison M300 for sale for not much more.

I've looked at M300s but they've all been out of my price range, even when I decided to bump it.

If you let me know how much is not much more (pm if you prefer) we might be on the same page?

 

[Wedg1e]

Good god, lathes have shot up in recent years!
I bought an AUD with a good bit of tooling for £700 and then the VSL500 for £800 a year or so later (and got my money back on the AUD). I think that was 2009.
Now I see shabby AUD's upward of £1500 and VSL's well over 2 grand! There's a VSL on Ebay now at £2350 but it's an earlier model.
I also bought a tidy Mk2 Student and had change from a grand, but then managed to pick the slowest week for lathe sales when I Ebayed it

 

[Arc Tourist]

And nowadays you would be lucky to buy a Boxford with the basic tooling package that was originally included. That will cost you an arm and a leg " if " you can find original accessories.

 

[Cato]

I'm all sorted with a very nice M300 at a fair price courtesy of @northwest . Obviously things are on hold at the moment until Graham gets things sorted with his oil pump.

 

[Rannsachair]

I'm all sorted with a very nice M300 at a fair price courtesy of @northwest . Obviously things are on hold at the moment until Graham gets things sorted with his oil pump.

Great choice, I recently upgraded to an M300 and love it.