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animal
On 6/26/23 7:20 PM, Andrei wrote:
You can still buy new bridgeports for about 17k
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??? ??? Theres some mighty fine lookin desk top type machines over in Europe . Theres several folks with youtube channels that love to show their mills & lathes .I have a round column mill that I never got setup sittin on my lift cart & a KBC tools knee
mill which will be the mill I setup hopefully soon . The only reason I have either is cause I bought the round column real,real cheap & the knee mill was free along with a Enco 11x22 lathe , both spent their life cuttin plastic & delrin . If my kid don't claim
the round column mill it will become funding for the larger mill . It's unfortunate that no US company is interested in buildin some non overpriced American iron for hobbyist's these days . I keep watchin youtubes & seein all these nice machines that we don't
have over here on our side of the pond . Seems that most of the Bridgeports I see priced where a hobby guy can afford them are pretty much used up . I think I'd rather have a Index over a BP any day , they just don't come up that often . I have a bud that
offered me a head off a BP that we plan to look-seeee if we can mod something to get it to mount on that large mill I have .
animal
On 6/26/23 2:29 PM, Andrei wrote:
The 85xx were bigger, with larger work envelope. Different class altogether.?
Interesting.
I will take my Atlas 8525 anyday.
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There was a scaled down Bridgeport inspired machine. The Rusnok milling machine. Probably the best desktop mill you can buy at a reasonable price (at that time). Nowadays they go for about 3 grand.?
Search for Rusnok 850 to look at it.?
I could never figure out why Bridgeport never scaled down their machine to suit the Sears Roebuck Craftsman crowd. I¡¯ve wore out a couple or two Bridgeports in my time.
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I missed that part. I guess a used Bridgeport for about 2-4 grand would fill that need. Quite a bit larger than the 8520
Andrei,
I said American made.
Brian
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Here is the new, version of the 8520 but with an R8 spindle (Taiwan copy, of course).?
Andrei,
So it¡¯s the dedicated following that makes them valuable.?
I love my 8525 and will let my son sell it when I¡¯ve gone beyond the vale.
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I don't have an 8520, or 8530, or 8540, but if I were to sell one bare (no tooling), I guess the price I would be asking would be something at or slightly under 2000 bucks, depending on how much work I put into
the machine to fix/improve it.?
Andrei,
Well it¡¯s good to hear there is still some old American iron that¡¯s been saved for posterity. And reasonably priced to boot!
But what would you sell your 8520-8530 Atlas Clausing mill if you have one? Bare bones never mind the tooling.
Brian
? Three months ago I went to an auction where they sold two of the 8520 mills. One went for $750 and the second for $1800. The one for 1800 had a partial cnc conversion. Both were in average shape. Not beat up at all.
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Ralph,
What would you ask for it today?
Brian
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Mike, that is a really high price. I paid $350.00 or $700.00 for my 8520.
Ralph
On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 8:50?PM mike allen < animal@...> wrote:
That seems pretty darn hi for a MT2 spindle mill . Usually when I see those mills their in the 1,800-2500 hood .
animal
On 6/25/23 11:03 AM, Bill in OKC too via wrote:
Not mine, and I can't afford them, but I'm sitting here drooling...?
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