heart braking

[Milkybars]

Even..and it's a big even ..the holbrook was beyond viable repair ....the parts are unobtanium..feel ill

 

[Milkybars]

pretty much the same for the DSG ..

 

[Barking Mat]

Shocking... Frankly.

 

[Brad93]

Sickening. It’s laziness. An dealer could of had that lot out for £1000 and it would be saved. Even if shipped abroad, saved.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

such a shame that once those machines are gone they aren't ever going to come back or be made to anything like that quality just be melted down into some cheap tat that will break in a few months and repeat the cycle

 

[Morrisman]

The good old days of British engineering, now virtually all gone in the scrap bin...

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Any l1 mount chucks in amongst it John? What an utter waste.

 

[selectedgrub]

Lucky we have plastic printers.

 

[8ob]

As sad as it is there often isn't the time to place/sell factories full of old machines, no place for these in a modern machine shop and the export of older machines has dropped off as developing countries catch up or want better. Not many nippers interested in the trade and aside of the hobbyist or collector the only commercial interest or guys capable of shifting the stuff are the scrap men.

Bob

 

[Kayos]

Like a few have said, its just time moving on

They are too big for most hobbyists and too old for a modern machine shop

In my loft I have a very high quality and expensive crt monitor along with some proper hardware dial up modems. All expensive kit in their day but no use today

 

[brightspark]

As sad as it is there often isn't the time to place/sell factories full of old machines, no place for these in a modern machine shop and the export of older machines has dropped off as developing countries catch up or want better. Not many nippers interested in the trade and aside of the hobbyist or collector the only commercial interest is the scrap man.

Bob

it about sums it up realy some of the jobs i used to go to on large refurbs a lot of electrical stuff just a year old got ripped out and dumped . i could have got over 100x 6 foot twin fittings in mint condition for nowt think i took about a dozen the rest just got skipped . havent the time when your on good money to take them and store. thats life

 

[bricol]

As sad as it is there often isn't the time to place/sell factories full of old machines, no place for these in a modern machine shop and the export of older machines has dropped off as developing countries catch up or want better. Not many nippers interested in the trade and aside of the hobbyist or collector the only commercial interest or guys capable of shifting the stuff are the scrap men.

Bob

We get a good yearly intake of apprentices - but as you say, in a modern machine shop where we already don't compete on price with cheap foreign labour, there is no place or old, worn, time consuming machines, especially ones you can't get parts for.

Time moves on - or we'd still be scratching grooves in the ground with sticks to try growing seeds . . .

 

[Morrisman]

Like a few have said, its just time moving on

They are too big for most hobbyists and too old for a modern machine shop

Having a nice lathe appeals to most red blooded males, but something 10’ long, 3’ deep, weighing over a ton and needing a 3 phase power supply just isn’t practical to 99.9% of us.,

 

[Seadog]

You've just spoilt my day, John

 

[ronan]

I know a lot of car plants etc only keep machines 2 years, possibly less, before its ripped out and replaced. The costs of having a machine broken down and unable to work out weighs the cost of replacement. I was told the Triumph plant in Hinkley, when they were installing new machine tools, already had their replacements lined up.