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zzr1200
Working at 650 ft on open steel work.
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There's a full size working TOS Milling Machine finishing in 50 mins on the Bay of Evil in Bristol with no bids for 400 squidletts atm, a bargain. If someone has access to a Hiab Lorry, 3 phase and a large workshop...
Wedg1e
They call me Mr. Bodge-angles
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I suspect there are traders snapping them up to resell abroad, paying higher than expected as they're making a killing on resale anyway and they need the stock. So rather than poncing about trying to outbid you or I by a tenner they're just paying top whack. Sellers are seeing this and bumping up accordingly.
I could be wrong, it has been known...
I could be wrong, it has been known...
I haven't got a clue whats caused the price hike, the only thing I know is what was selling for £2.5K is now selling for £4K+.
I noticed a few years ago SH mini diggers did the same thing, it was explained to me that this was a knock on of reduced new sales. I wonder if this is the same thing here?
I noticed a few years ago SH mini diggers did the same thing, it was explained to me that this was a knock on of reduced new sales. I wonder if this is the same thing here?
brightspark
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lack of supply from firms going down
its been drying up for the past few years .theres not the gear about that they used to be so most people are having to buy cheap new imported crap
Maker
Most folk just call me; Orange Joe
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I've got a catalogue from XYZ machine tools somewhere, that had 4 or 5 Bridgeport looking manual machines in it, along with a few lathes and surface grinders. I think the hobby market is pretty much the only demand for not CNC now. Warco, Jet and Chester make them too.
Some CNCs have electronic hand wheels to control them "manually".
EDIT; people who work on hydraulic cylinders need manual machines AFAIK. They are the only people I can think of though, other than hobbyists.
Pretty well it along with the fact many companies moved over to CNC so that further reduced the numbers required and that huge number of manuals hitting the market really finished before the internet was such a big thing it is today.
As I have said before I can remember a time when you were virtually giving manual mills away at one point.
Not quite true, all toolrooms will more or less have at least one manual machine still. When you have all the CNC's loaded up the guys can get on with some real basic stuff even if it's just blocking up.
It's also a reason why stuff like the older Hurco CNC's are so popular. They are open with no guards and have pretty decent software to running basic cutter paths - looks a bit like basic autocad to draw on. But then they are pretty useful for manual mill type work . You can even drip feed the cutter paths from CAM software on a PC though some of the very old Hurco's can be slow.
DanielW
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Not on your nelly,it takes a good knowledgable person to operate a Engineering CNC thye're thin on the ground but time served Lathe/Mill operators are in abundance either old school or modern day operator.
Yes the price has goon up, some of it is a lot got sent for scrap or sent far away,,and the big one is there is no! small Engineering shops in the uk 10 years a go if I needed a bit of work doing there was 5 work shops in less the 5 miles now only one, So if no one is buying new there is no old for sale and it is all now CNC in a big box,the size of a shed,
