I wonder what this will end up going for? Currently the high bid is $152.50...I think another digit will be added before the auction is over. eBay link
Even at that price it would be well worth it. Lathes have a bad reputation of "being out", but a quick simple way to get them back is to reweld the head jaws and then rebore them using the tailstock.
Well, it's up to $262.50 now, but the crating and shipping alone to West Texas, (to a freight dock), no residential, would be over $2,350. Heck, that's more than we used to get for a whole truck load of goods Grossed out to 80,000 lbs, (about 42,000 payload). Sounds like "Hot Shot" delivery prices to me. Nice unit, but I guess I'd have to live in St. Louis and make a local pickup to afford that one.
Well its up to 750 bucks now, but it would be 2750 for shipping for me. If we used our truck (Western Star) which gets about a dollar per mile at these fuel rates (4 mpg) then it would cost me 2802 to pick it up, not counting food or my time.
That makes the shipping a good deal, but I guess I will just have to pass on this one