That's true at least with a new chinese lathe you know what you're getting. Bit in the *SS with a high $$ pc of chinese junk. On the other hand if you buy good old American iron at scrap price & I've never had it ever to turn out to be scrap but if it ever did at least I'd have gotten what what I paid for. I've never paid for rigging or shipping either. Support the chinese & who knows maybe you'll get chinese language lessons no charge.
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While I like those nice old machines, I will probably never buy a machine that is long as my car. Not enough room unless I extend the garage through the kitchen to the back of the house.
The other complication is that, among other things, I don't get free rigging. They wanted over $1000 to move my mill 6 miles and that's not a huge mill.I can only imagine what the local rigging company would want to move a Pacemaker into my garage.
DanAt the end of the project, there is a profound difference between spare parts and left over parts.
Location: SF East Bay.
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Originally posted by danlb View PostThe other complication is that, among other things, I don't get free rigging. They wanted over $1000 to move my mill 6 miles and that's not a huge mill.
I roll my 4000 lbs mill around on 3/4" pipe, by myself.
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Originally posted by Glug View PostSmall wrecker to lift it into the back of a pickup? That should be really cheap. If you don't have a pickup you can pay them to put it on a rollback wrecker.
I roll my 4000 lbs mill around on 3/4" pipe, by myself.
But you don't put a Pacemaker on the back of a 1/2 ton pickup. It looks like the 16x54 version is over 8,000 pounds. Goodness knows what the big ones weigh.At the end of the project, there is a profound difference between spare parts and left over parts.
Location: SF East Bay.
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