?Do not forget that the UK and USA motors do not use the same voltage.

?Jeff

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From: Peter Brooks <peter@...>
To: clankennedy2004 <clankennedy2004@...>; [email protected]
Sent: Fri, Mar 10, 2023 6:45 am
Subject: Re: [Unimat] Unimat 3 Combined Lathe and Drill Value ?

Commerce being what it is, some folks on ebay are buying for the specific purpose of stripping machines down into smaller pieces, and even down to individual components in some cases.? Some add-on items are marketed at fairly high prices.

In this case, apart from the lathe and milling attachment ('drill'), both of which could well be sold again as separate items, there is also the fine feed adjuster on the milling attachment, and the power feed on the lathe. Those could also be split off and sold as separate items. Two motors as well - the original concept being that the single motor was removed from the lathe and fitted to the milling attachment when required.

Of course a buyer aiming to resell items is also faced with ebay fees, so there will be a finite price point at which the item becomes unprofitable for them.

It doesn't look as if this listing includes any other accessories - sometimes subsequent photos in a listing will show extra parts, lathe chucks (there are 3 and 4 jaw), drill chucks, face plates and dogs, centres, collet holders and collets, indexing heads, milling table, cutters, the list goes on.? Although probably more expensive initially it can be better value long term (depending on what you aim to do) to purchase an already extensive 'kit' than have to buy the extra items afterwards (at inflated prices!).

It might be an idea to familiarise yourself with all the accessories available (there should be adverts or brochures in the 'files' section of this site). Good advice as well to look at 'Sold' items on ebay to see the prices things have sold for.

I'm stating the obvious here but early bidding is really not a good idea on ebay... most often (but not always!) the item is won by someone bidding at the very last minute (which used to be known as 'sniping').? Early bidding tends to just push the eventual end price up.

You might also want to look at the time that auctions finish - Sunday evenings are apparently the most popular, followed I think by Saturday then Friday evenings.? Something ending at (for instance) 14:30 on a Monday may get less attention and therefore be obtainable at a better price.