Vicmark VL300 on Ebay (Vic)

[Big Shed]

Seems like a nice lathe (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250210591601&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:AU:1123#ebayphotohosting)

No connection etc.

[Jim Carroll]

At that price a good buy.

[ss_11000]

i dont like the odds of it staying that price. these things never happen in newcastle:(

[Sawdust Maker]

damn why wasn't that posted about 2 months ago:((

[Big Shed]

What are/were they worth new?

[ss_11000]

$6000

plus the extra tool rests and steadies your looking at $7000 new for whats on offer.

plus another couple of hundred for the chucks as well.

gets expensive aye.

[Big Shed]

Ouch:o

[ss_11000]

http://www.carbatec.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=300_14570_19821_14700
$6195

2 X $320 + jaws. http://www.carbatec.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=300_14210_14230_14250

http://www.carbatec.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=300_14570_14710_14720 $455 and $758 for steadies.

then you got the tool rests

6195
640
455
758
= 8058 new plus jaws and tool rests.:o...

[Calm]

How heavy is it.

Next best thing to a stubby i reckon..

Not in love with the Hafco that much..

Keep going dave you can afford it - variable speed too...think think

NO Dave go to bed and think about it.

[ss_11000]

How heavy is it.

Next best thing to a stubby i reckon..

Not in love with the Hafco that much..

Keep going dave you can afford it - variable speed too...think think

NO Dave go to bed and think about it.
450kg...

hey dave - its electric variable speed with two step pulleys:cool:. you know you want it:D:2tsup:

[Big Shed]

450 kg

Go to bed Dave:D

[Groggy]

So much for any chance of sneaking up on this one :doh:

[Big Shed]

Sorry Groggy, did I spoil your party?

Wish I could afford it, apart from anything else it way beyond my limited (non-existent?) turning skills.

[Calm]

450kg...

hey dave - its electric variable speed with two step pulleys:cool:. you know you want it:D:2tsup:

Youre right there Stirlo.

The danger is with no Minister of Finance the limit is like the speed ....variable..:D

Gotto go to bed before i do something stupid.

[ss_11000]

you best go to bed for the next 5 days and 18 hours then :p

[Groggy]

Sorry Groggy, did I spoil your party?

Wish I could afford it, apart from anything else it way beyond my limited (non-existent?) turning skills.I was thinking along the lines of buy and resell but got caught by the boss.

Her: "Whatcha looking at?"

Me: "This lathe on eBay.."

Her: Gives me a look

Me: "It is really cheap for what it is!"

Her: Gives me the look again

Me: "I guess someone is going to do quite well out of it..."

Her: "I guess they will", walks away

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Hmmm I wonder if the council will give me a permit for a three story shed?

[Groggy]

Hmmm I wonder if the council will give me a permit for a three story shed?Maybe a wee cellar? :D

[Jim Carroll]

Greg it would have to be a bit more than awee cellar , the size of the bits this can turn will need a bit of swinging room.

Skew going up third floor Vicmarc VL300 now on show large platters and bedposts.:2tsup:

[Sawdust Maker]

Dreams are made of this ... and maybe be stubbys!

[artme]

I haven't even made wimpering sounds about this and I'm certainly not about to mention it to SWMBO.:no::D:D

[robyn2839]

got me interested, sell nova 3000, chuck,other bits and peices,shouldn,t be that hard,some other stuff,hmmmmmmmmm+plus my ebay account money ?, lookin good. bob

[ss_11000]

up for a drive to melbourne bob?

[ss_11000]

no bids yet.

[Calm]

I've got a strategy.

I think.

just go to back to bed for 3 days 20 hrs and 35 minutes.

Just when i thought the lathe would be nice this appears - http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=65910

Decisions, how much can i spend. i've got a lathe but no jointer or thicknesser.

Pour Weisyboy went shopping for the cheap stuff.

These are real tools, can i afford both. Everything saya no but i want em...:?:?:?

[Sawdust Maker]

For a bit of entertainment it might be worth while watching the bidding over the last hour or so

I imagine things will get quite hectic, well if I was a betting man I'd bet on it:)
SHMBO just noticed what I was looking at and said "were still paying off the last one and the price of that was a surprise"
I can only look and drool - anybody know how to clean a keyboard?

[ss_11000]

david, just get both and sell your existing lathe for a few hundred.

[Big Shed]

david, just get both and sell your existing lathe for a few hundred.


Oh for the innocence of youth, enjoy it while you can. :rolleyes:

Then you get married, get a mortgage, have children and you find out that you have something called PRIORITIES:D

[Sawdust Maker]

scene
oldish man scratching greying head "isn't wood turning a priority?"
"What about woodworking tools?"
exits stage left in utter despair, forlorn, dragging feet

[Calm]

david, just get both and sell your existing lathe for a few hundred.

Thought of that already Stirlo but the Hafco is probably a $350 - $400 lathe not going to make much difference really.


Oh for the innocence of youth, enjoy it while you can. :rolleyes:

Then you get married, get a mortgage, have children and you find out that you have something called PRIORITIES:D

Yea thats the worry but the divorce came through about 10 years ago (lost count cos of the good times ) the last (4th) kid started work this year, maybe i am the main priority and what are the chances that similar machines will come on the market again at reasonable prices?

With the credit cards at zero maybe now is the time to just do it!!!:rolleyes::?:wink::D

[ss_11000]

you've talked urself into it david. good work

[DJ’s Timber]

no bids yet.

Not anymore, first bid has been made and no it isn't me :roll:, I've already got one :U

[ss_11000]

you've got a good point david, no debt on the CC and a vl300 wont come up for sale very often.

[Big Shed]

Not long to go now!

[ss_11000]

i cant believe its still only got one bid!

the interested people must be snipers

[Big Shed]

Only way to fly:2tsup:

[Big Shed]

The race is on, we have 2 bidders!

[DJ’s Timber]

Went for $3300, someone got a good buy, so own up, who bought it :U

[Big Shed]

3 bidders, 10 bids, Bidder 2 (hueygm) takes the price:2tsup::2tsup:

Wasn't me

[Jim Carroll]

Huey must like bidding against himself.
Still a great buy at that price.

[DJ’s Timber]

And I know who Huey is :U, but it's not up to me to divulge that info :no:

[hughie]

watch the end, old ebay hands hold off till then

[ss_11000]

congrats huey:2tsup:

[Calm]

watch the end, old ebay hands hold off till then

Dead right there Hughie. No point in giving the oposition time to bid against you, it only pushes up the price you are going to pay.