Next time I run into Robin leech I'll have to ask ifin I can
borrow it .
animal
On 6/26/23 7:23 PM, Andrei wrote:
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Hard to afford, but available for the rich and famous.
Get
I can't .
animal
On 6/26/23 7:20 PM, Andrei wrote:
You can still buy new bridgeports for
about 17k
Get
??? ??? 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.
?
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.
?
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
?
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.
?
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.
Get
Ralph,
What would
you ask for it today?
Brian
?
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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