Another new lathe owner!

No pics and I don't want to hijack the thread.
There are substantial regional differences in the value of used equipment. My question relates specifically to the value of the Myford dividing head. The dividing head includes 6 - 8 plates, a good selection of collets and, I believe, a tailstock, but I am not certain about the tailstock.
The 9A is about 24" between centers, 6 speed flat belt with rear slung motor. It is in good condition with only slight wear on the ways. The asking price is 3K and the pkg includes a large amount of tooling and accessories.
There is no doubt it is an attractive price for someone looking for a package. My interest is in some specific secondary items and I would need to get out from under the lathe and accessories I don't have a need for.
My apology to the OP for side-tracking the discussion.
 
A decent Myford Dividing head will pull $600+ on Ebay. Worth looking there as well as doing a couple web searches to confirm.

Personally, I think they are a bit over-valued for what they are, and if a fella really needed one, like as not, he already has the skills to make one, buying in the worm and wheel.

That said, they are a nice bit of kit! Not sure why 6 plates. I think factory was either two or three.

Eg: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Bee...615790?hash=item2a64e8f7ae:g:sUgAAOSwSX9XA7G8

Cheers
Trev
 
Thanks Trev
I had valued it a little lower than that. There is a good possibility I am wrong, but I believe factory is either 3 or 4 plates. The additional plates are specific to clock making - or so I have been told.
 
buckbrush said:
Myford Super 7B Longbed, I think they were 14,000 U.S when discontinued without any accessories.
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Yeah, I saw a regular bed S7 listed at CDN$ 22K new, just before they filed for bankruptcy. Grossly overpriced for what they were. A friend bought a new ML7 Tri-Leva with a bunch of goodies in the late 1970's for about $1800, and though that was some real money then, it was attainable for a working guy or gal without too much scrimping.

That money would have bought worlds better equipment on the used market, had a fella been willing to spend that.

Cheers
Trev
 
buckbrush said:
Myford Super 7B Longbed, I think they were 14,000 U.S when discontinued without any accessories.
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I thought the ML7 I had was a nice enough machine but there's simply no way I'd even pay $4k for a Ml7 or even a S7. Never mind $14K. They just are NOT that nice a machine to command that sort of price. Cult following or not.

Which I'm thinking is exactly why they are not in business any more.
 
Just as an "add on" to the dividing head part of this thread, a rudimentary dividing head/rotary table can be quite easily by a hobby machinist that may help out.

The slack adjusters used in air brakes on transport trucks have a very good worm & gear in them. They can be bought new quite inexpensively (last I bought were around $30) or picked out of the garbage dumpster at any heavy truck repair pace for no cost at all. Just a little ingenuity as to the type of mounting bracket/rotating table you want to use for your own use and your in business. The dumpster ones will probably have a lot of grease and road crud on them but once cleaned up they work fine, there is never enough use on the worm & gear to cause any damage at all.
 
BCRider said:
I thought the ML7 I had was a nice enough machine but there's simply no way I'd even pay $4k for a Ml7 or even a S7. Never mind $14K. They just are NOT that nice a machine to command that sort of price. Cult following or not.

Which I'm thinking is exactly why they are not in business any more.
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Ayup. You can buy a really nice Hardinge HLVH with tooling for half the price of a new one, at the end. And a Hardinge HLVH, even if beat to hell, is a far superior machine. Same deal killed South Bend. They were making 1930's technology, and expecting customers to pay new modern prices. Then the bankruptcy sale rolled in. In the 1950's, the SB 9" lathes were advertised in Popular Mechanics and the like magazines for ~$250, and they would ship you one on time payments, if you could not come up with the scrilla right away. Near the end, a stripped down 10K was well over ten grand American.
Note, anyone wishing to tell me South Bend is still in business, nope. The guy that owns Grizzly Tools, bought the rights to the name and is plastering it on his 'better' line of import lathes.

Cheers
Trev
 
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