Thread: Vicmarc VL175 on ebay

Wonder why david is selling his lathe.

May be moving onto something bigger ?

That is SOOOOOO wrong.....
Wanted one for ages, then the month after I buy another lathe......

@W%%@$@!!&

GC

Looks like it didn't sell for $3k.

Now relisted for $2,800...

Murhpy's law GC.

Damn that's a good price.

Originally Posted by Ozkaban

Looks like it didn't sell for $3k.

Now relisted for $2,800...

The $2800 is the opening bid, $2950 BuyItNow. Both prices dropped $50 from first listing.

I would have thought that's a fairly high price for a lathe that has seen a lot of professional use?

What wears out?

A few bearings?

Peanuts.

Motor? Armature? Bearings?

Starts to add up, what percentage of the new cost is his $2950 asking price?

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Motor? Armature? Bearings?

Starts to add up, what percentage of the new cost is his $2950 asking price?

Check this out $4400 roughly without any extras

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Motor? Armature? Bearings?

Starts to add up, what percentage of the new cost is his $2950 asking price?

maybe over dramatising this a bit.


A third below new so fair price but could be a bit lower , then again it is a Vicmarc so you do get good resale, not like an MC900 which looses 80% as soon as you take it out the door.

The VL300 I got off eBay has seen a lot of use by Richard Raffan, then another turner who worked for him. If the bearings are showing any sign of wear then I can't pick it. Has anyone ever had to replace their bearings on a Vicmarc?

Motor and other components are still going strong too. As for price, well, I reckon it is not bad.

Originally Posted by Jim Carroll

maybe over dramatising this a bit.


A third below new so fair price but could be a bit lower , then again it is a Vicmarc so you do get good resale, not like an MC900 which looses 80% as soon as you take it out the door.

Obviously the market thinks it is on the high side otherwise someone would already have snapped it up at the opening bid at the fall of the hammer on the first auction.

What percentage of new price did you pay for your VL300 Greg?

Originally Posted by Groggy

........................... Has anyone ever had to replace their bearings on a Vicmarc?
...............

DJ but he lives in that god forsaken hole that rains 360 days a year and drips off the trees for the rest of the time - too much moisture.

I agree with you Greg - i think there are extras more than the $4400 buys new. so $2900 / $4400 = 65% so not a bad discount.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Big Shed

What percentage of new price did you pay for your VL300 Greg?

Umm. Well, I qualified as a bottom feeder on mine but I know I got lucky. Bit more than 50%.

Originally Posted by Groggy

Umm. Well, I qualified as a bottom feeder on mine but I know I got lucky. Bit more than 50%.

That would have been my guess as well Greg, so between $2200 and $2500, depending on what the extras are worth to the prospective buyer.