Thread: Online shop for Milling Machines

Do any transport businesses take loads to any southern capital cities and come back empty? A long shot but me thinks that might be the only way to get cheaper freight up to Darwin.
Just a thought.....

G'Day and welcome Bricks007, If I were in your situation and had the room, for that sort of money you can often pick up older machines with lots more capability for less money than new Asian sourced hobby machines. It might be worth going around the local machine shops and any closing businesses that were in the mechanical field, or those which had maintenance departments where often smallish milling machines like a Bridgeport, Kondia or Victoria were used. You just need to be patient, and not need it now.
Sterobs advice is another way to go, and if you just don't have the room for a bigger machine, and there are no local sellers, it may be the only way. If so, furniture removalists can be a good source of cheap backloads if you are lucky. All the best,
Rob

Hi, you could get a freight quote from this eBay seller. He has this dovetail mill that may be suitable. I've bought off him (an X2 mill and other bits and pieces) and all was good.

Originally Posted by Blu_Rock

Hi, you could get a freight quote from this eBay seller. He has this dovetail mill that may be suitable. I've bought off him (an X2 mill and other bits and pieces) and all was good.

He usually has a HM46/DM45 type mill listed and as he is located in Adelaide he is ideally placed to freight it up to Darwin on the train.

He normally lists his gear with a delivery cost.

?Thanks for the reply guys... Might have found a local dealer that has the HM-36/46 and X3 as machineryhouse.com.au advise, will have to get on to it, will post the out come...

Also Titan Machine said they can post the TM20V up for $239 with sadilers transport, or 437 with TNT (whats the Dif?) Im guessing TNT are more trust worthy? ... Also can someone tell the the difference between the TM20LV and the TM20V? ive googled this #### out of it and cant find an answer...

I know I should be patient but like any boy and his toy, I must have it now ... Will have to use some will power and wait out, Im sure there could be some good machines locally, and space isnt an issue so if i could find an older larger machine that would be great...

Welcome bricks007,
If you have been browsing the forum you may or may not have seen some of my threads on my hm50 and lately my new vernier mill. 10 years ago when I bought my hm50 I thought it was great, but now I know it is a bit of a Friday machine and far from perfect. I have had my eye out for a new mill for the last couple of years and am very lucky to have the vernier land in my lap.
It really depends on what you want to do with the machine and your abilities in rebuilding as to which way to go, New or old, but in my opinion, most of the new machines in our price range are crap.....
One of the best placed to keep an eye on is the eBay thread at the top of the main metalworking page, both my shaper and mill were bought directly because of posts in this thread.

When I was living in Darwin I belonged to one of the local car clubs. Back in 99 we moved into the old WW2 hanger over in Parap (next to pool). Unsure if still there, but there were a couple of guys into older machinery.

If I was still up there, thats where I would start looking for something secondhand. Even just for some contacts.

Good luck

Originally Posted by Bricks007

... Also can someone tell the the difference between the TM20LV and the TM20V? ive googled this #### out of it and cant find an answer...

I think that the LV has a longer table/x travel but the other specs are the same... not 100% sure though.

These Weisses are different machines, but similar naming convention, perhaps?

Well have had a good look around, I found a H&F dealer here in Darwin, they had a few machines on display and had the HM46 is stock, has them sale for $2990 with the stand included, wasnt too keen but he said he could do it for $2800, nice bloke plus if i have problems with it I can go straight to him..

Considering H&F are charging $2300ish for the machine and table, $2800 from a local dealer is on par with H&F if you factor in the postage, so im happy to support a local bloke if his price is good..

Oh his giddiness is called Car Concepts, bob is the man to see, has all the tools for milling and lathe, looks like bunnings is going to be my second fav shop now ...

One other thing, is there a post where people post online shops that have great prices?

Originally Posted by Bricks007

One other thing, is there a post where people post online shops that have great prices?

Sure is.....just like the ebay thread its a sticky at the top of the main page called your favorite tooling supplier.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/yo...pplier-128960/