yorkshire_spam Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 If anyone is looking for a dozen or so lathes at a reasonable price (or sundry other engineering items...) https://bidonline.ncmauctions.co.uk/auctions/8848/ncm-au10953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Buy a steel bench and get 4 vices thrown in. Some good bargains on offer, if I was close I would be bidding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Buyers premium 25%!! Thieves they are. And 20% VAT…. Bargains?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetecspit Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 8 hours ago, Nick Jones said: Buyers premium 25%!! Thieves they are. And 20% VAT…. Bargains?? I saw that. So you pay 50% more than the hammer price. Ouch. And as usual wrong end of the country for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 2 hours ago, zetecspit said: So you pay 50% more than the hammer price. Ouch. Ouch indeed. Excessive greed I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Missed that, excessive indeed, wonder how many bidders are going to get stung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.5piman Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Hello all, looking at the current prices for the Harrisons and the Bridgeports, even plus 20% VAT on hammer and 25% premium they don't seem dear to me? Say a Harrison at £800 plus £160 Vat plus £200 premium so £1160 for a machine which normally will have little wear seems reasonable? Alec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Hello All I agree £1200 for a Harrison is a bargin The small Chink one I bought 2 years ago is now about £1800!!! Plus so little wear on these Plus just the right size for a home workshop and with power slides both ways and screw cutting and built like a Brick Outhouse. You just need a single phase motor or one of those converter thingys Transport might be a bit high and getting down the garden path a problem? Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I think the excessive premium is depressing the bids on these. Ex-college gear is mostly "light use" and reasonably well maintained. Not from the auction, but I recently got this via a dealer and it's ex-college from Castleford: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetecspit Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 8 minutes ago, yorkshire_spam said: I think the excessive premium is depressing the bids on these. Ex-college gear is mostly "light use" and reasonably well maintained. Not from the auction, but I recently got this via a dealer and it's ex-college from Castleford: Good choice. I splashed out a few years ago and bought a Oxford, exactly the same machine except it is green. I find it flatters my welding abilities, it always seems to produce good welds no matter what. (excepty when I forget to turn the gas back on at the bottle) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 30 minutes ago, zetecspit said: Good choice. I splashed out a few years ago and bought a Oxford, exactly the same machine except it is green. I find it flatters my welding abilities, it always seems to produce good welds no matter what. (excepty when I forget to turn the gas back on at the bottle) Good to hear that Clive, I spent quite a bit of time agonizing over this one (used) and other new options (Parweld XTE 171C, SWP MIG 180 TURBO, R-Tech MIG180) - to me it's a big amount to spend, so I wanted to make the right choice, especially with so much panel work to do on the cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetecspit Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) On second look, that is the next model up. More power (though my 180A will happily stick 6mm stuff, and with care 8mm) but yours has more power steps, mine has 6. Which is enough, but more seems a good idea. Pretty good on thin stuff too.. Edited March 20 by zetecspit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, zetecspit said: On second look, that is the next model up. More power (though my 180A will happily stick 6mm stuff, and with care 8mm) but yours has more power steps, mine has 6. Which is enough, but more seems a good idea. Pretty good on thin stuff too.. I picked it over the other options because it went lower on the amps I'd need to rewire the garage before using it at the top end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 7 hours ago, yorkshire_spam said: I'd need to rewire the garage before using it at the top end I've often wondered about this (having the same issue with my welder, although the current complete lack of garage nullifies this somewhat), would it not be financially viable to purchase a small genset instead? For example, Machine Mart have a 5.5KVA Genny for about £600, I'd imagine you can pick up a decent second hand one for far less. For how often it would be used, surely far cheaper than wiring a full new circuit in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 6 hours ago, thebrookster said: I've often wondered about this (having the same issue with my welder, although the current complete lack of garage nullifies this somewhat), would it not be financially viable to purchase a small genset instead? For example, Machine Mart have a 5.5KVA Genny for about £600, I'd imagine you can pick up a decent second hand one for far less. For how often it would be used, surely far cheaper than wiring a full new circuit in? It's an interesting angle and not one I'd even thought about - good idea! The thing is, the current feed to the garage at the new house is p1ss poor, there's an old 2 way fuse box where I'd like a more modern consumer unit. So I'm faced with having to renew it all even if I just want to use compressor/power tools in confidence. Also... son is about to qualify as an electrician. I'd like to get a serious armoured cable run in direct from the meter box with a good isolator, then a 3 way consumer unit, a proper ring main and lighting set-up and a couple of 16A sockets for the welder and compressor. After all that I'll probably end up spending more then a gen set on materials alone. Illogical, but I have a bit of an OCD about this sort of thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetecspit Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 4 hours ago, yorkshire_spam said: It's an interesting angle and not one I'd even thought about - good idea! The thing is, the current feed to the garage at the new house is p1ss poor, there's an old 2 way fuse box where I'd like a more modern consumer unit. So I'm faced with having to renew it all even if I just want to use compressor/power tools in confidence. Also... son is about to qualify as an electrician. I'd like to get a serious armoured cable run in direct from the meter box with a good isolator, then a 3 way consumer unit, a proper ring main and lighting set-up and a couple of 16A sockets for the welder and compressor. After all that I'll probably end up spending more then a gen set on materials alone. Illogical, but I have a bit of an OCD about this sort of thing If the labour is free, it won't be too expensive apart from the armoured cable. But I would suggest a 40a D or C rated breaker in the house to feed the garage. Better still, an RCBO. I have searched for a reg that would allow a 100ma rcd in the house, but it has eluded me. Still, I do have one I will probably fit, with 30ma in the garage itself. Shhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 If you are going to run a welder from a genny, an inverter welder will be easier on the genny and you’ll likely get away with a smaller one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I can sort of see how "tap" ended up as "faucet", but how did "die" get to "mold" ? It'll be a cold cold day in hell before I buy anything from Temu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I suspect die as in 'die-casting' which uses a mould and thence Ameringlish 'mold'. 48 minutes ago, yorkshire_spam said: It'll be a cold cold day in hell before I buy anything from Temu. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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