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2nd July 2002, 10:01 AM #1
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Combination machine
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I have the opportunity to buy a Luren comination machine that has a circular saw, buzzer, thicknesser, dowelling carriage and spindle moulder for $1500. Is this a good buy? It is a cast iron machine that was manufactured in 1985 in France I think(purchase price then was $3500). It has had 2 owners. It has 3 monor faults:
- A chipped saw tooth blade
- Occasionally the motor cuts out. It has had a new on-off switch put on. I presume it just needs the overload setting in the switch adjusted
- The dowelling carriage is 2 mm out of alignment.
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2nd July 2002, 04:35 PM #2
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Hi Gordon,If you're looking for a multiple function work centre in cast iron then I guess $1500 would be reasonable dependant on it's capacity in those functions.
You didn't mention saw/planer sizes etc.
The three problems with the machine would need a close inspection tho the saw blade may be seen to by a saw doctor,the dowelling carriage may be able to be bushed to take up the 2mm slack,but possibly the costliest outlay may well be a new switching arrangement for the motor!
I would suspect that the guy's taken most of this into consideration when pricing the machine,but you would need to come up with a counter offer given your expected outlay to get the machine to your satisfaction and the fact that it's not a common model here and any parts requirement may mean a long down time for a part of this machine.
Very popular in the UK ...still advertised in some of the magazines out of there.
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3rd July 2002, 02:47 PM #3
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15th July 2002, 04:56 PM #4
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Hi Gordon.
Just thought I'd give you this bit of advice which I picked up from a collegue.
He fitted a standard 10mm twist drill bit to his combination dowelling carriage and then couldn't figure out why the drill burnt its way through every piece of wood...
Until he realised that the drill bit turns in the reverse manner to regular drills.
He purchased a special reverse twist drill bit for the machine and never looked back.
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