FYI Craig's

[QSIMDO]

FOUR exclamation points

https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/...287700633.html

[Ian B]

Well, it's certainly cute, and it looks to be in good condition. Rare too - first one of these I've seen. But $2k? I wish him luck...

Ian

[larry_g]

I'll raise you $500, https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/...288504248.html.

lg
no neat sig line

[nickel-city-fab]

I would love to have one but not for $2k. They have been going up in price for the last couple decades. usually you need at least $1500 to see one in decent shape. You can get a fix-it project for 1k.

[J Tiers]

That second one.... It took me a while to see the picture correctly. It seems to be sitting on top of the table of a drill press or some such thing, and appears to be bolted down to it.

Wild.....

I do not think they are worth anything like that. I believe the Lewis I have (which cost a quarter of that (re-scraped and in very good working order) is considerably more mill as far as actual work done, even though it has fewer "extras".

The Atlas has an MT2 spindle, and while it has a 2-lug adapter, it is screwed onto the spindle, not native. It also is, IIRC, a single t-slot machine, which is rather limiting (the side slots are just v-slots for holding round bar stock, etc)

My father-in-law had one, which he sold long ago (for $400). It seemed rather small, and appeared to lack "daylight", particularly between the arbor and the overarm, restricting the maximum diameter of cutter that can be used.

[lynnl]

Rudy Kouhoupt did a series of articles showing his repair/renovation of a small, similar machine. Are those the same as what he did?

[JoeLee]

FOUR exclamation points

https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/...287700633.html

Nice, but it can't do anything that I couldn't do with my BP.

JL.............

[Bob Engelhardt]

I had an MFB about 20 years ago - I found it at the dump!! Only thing wrong was a couple of broken handles, IIRC. I kept it a couple of years & eBay'ed it for $500 more or less.

[A.K. Boomer]

Cute from a distance - nasty looking castings... not a whole lotta pride in that machine...

[QSIMDO]

Nice, but it can't do anything that I couldn't do with my BP.

JL.............

I'm just the messenger

[portlandRon]

One of those was my first milling machine.
They are cute but with that single "T" slot in the table not easy to position hold downs and get any milling done.
Get it used around 1980 for less then $200.
Wanted to sell it around 1990 and had a friend that owned a second hand tool store. He sold it for me for $600.

[nickel-city-fab]

Rudy Kouhoupt did a series of articles showing his repair/renovation of a small, similar machine. Are those the same as what he did?

Its the same type of machine that Rudy had, but Rudy's machine would actually be worth the money.

[J Tiers]

Its the same type of machine that Rudy had, but Rudy's machine would actually be worth the money.

Maybe. Looking at that first machine, it has every accessory and three arbors. It's as "loaded" as Rudy K's machine. It has probably got enough stuff with it to sell for $1200 or so. I'd not want it even so, but I recognize that it has nearly everything except a vertical head.

I don't think Mr Kouhaupt re-scraped his machine for alignment, he did a more limited amount of work.

[nickel-city-fab]

Maybe. Looking at that first machine, it has every accessory and three arbors. It's as "loaded" as Rudy K's machine. It has probably got enough stuff with it to sell for $1200 or so. I'd not want it even so, but I recognize that it has nearly everything except a vertical head.

I don't think Mr Kouhaupt re-scraped his machine for alignment, he did a more limited amount of work.

IIRC, he did have the vertical head and every accessory you could think of. I don't think he had it scraped in, but there was certainly some jewelling judging from the pics I've seen -- he kept it pristine.

[J Tiers]

Sure.

But the basic machine is small. I got a somewhat larger machine (but still in the same "class" as a benchtop machine), which has 3 arbors, dividing head, vertical head, overarm brace, more cutters than I can use, etc, etc. with 1/4 the investment, because it is not a "known name" that has the "collectors" swarming all over it discussing "original paint" and judging the "completeness", etc.