Thread: Lathe sale

I'm back, what did I miss?

long story Cliff - search "vicmarc sale" and put that thread and this together.

I suppose the question that I would ask is how much would the lathe have cost to buy new? If the buyer has saved a favourable amount of money then it isn't so important that the seller made 500+%profit providing that the machine was in good nick.

Of course the manner of which the original ad' was worded, and wether or not people are using the forum purely as a salesyard is a different argument alltogether.

Denn

If you hang around long enough you'll realise that there is a curtain [sic] element on this board that can only be described as being monkeys.

Yes, thankfully we have them to balance the arrogant, self-important tossers that we also have our fair share of

Something doesn't add up here.

$5 to 6000 new, $3500 2nd hand is the price of a VL300, not a VL850.

VL850 are discontinued & they were selling for about $1K (2nd hand) 3 or 4 years ago.

If somebody paid $3500 for a 2nd hand VL850, I have a 1960 Model Series IIA Landrover that I'd like them to have a look at.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

VL850 are discontinued & they were selling for about $1K 3 or 4 years ago.

Hooray, someone has finally put the price in perspective

That makes it easier to form some opinion.

Denn

Originally Posted by Gra

I got the bean bags, can someone bring the pizza, this looks like fun to watch

Pepperoni and mushroom OK?

I think the quote goes something like:

"Civility costs nothing and buys everything"

Maybe there should be a 20th century online version which says:

"Obnoxiousness costs nothing and sells everything".

Originally Posted by Toolin Around

If you hang around long enough you'll realise that there is a curtain element on this board that can only be described as being monkeys. And they're unapologetically proud of it...

Zed hasn't been on here for a real long time.
Also what is a curtain element? Is it commercially available or do I need to make my own? Do I need one? Can I afford one?

Who took my peanuts?

Originally Posted by Caliban

... what is a curtain element? ....

Isn't that the heater that goes up the centre of the rod?

cur-tain el·e·ment [ curtain élləmənt ] (plural cur-tain el·e·ments) n. any element that is used to surround or shield an area of vacuum or matter with the express purpose of excluding other elemental particles.
Iron (Fe) is an exceptionally good curtain element and can repel most other elemental particles. Hydrogen (H) on the other hand is very poor and can only keep out weak or sick elemental particles of other hydrogen atoms.

Originally Posted by NCArcher

...an area of vacuum ....

You might be onto something there.

Originally Posted by NCArcher

cur-tain el·e·ment [ curtain élləmənt ] (plural cur-tain el·e·ments) n. any element that is used to surround or shield an area of vacuum or matter with the express purpose of excluding other elemental particles.
Iron (Fe) is an exceptionally good curtain element and can repel most other elemental particles. Hydrogen (H) on the other hand is very poor and can only keep out weak or sick elemental particles of other hydrogen atoms.

I thought Wendy was in charge of curtains?

a small area of vacuum can be used to clean the elemental curtains.
(I think I may be about to get pinged for drivel)

Nicely performed