Mac, I did not post the stock images because they have no value. The Legacy redesign, as I'm sure Roger will verify, went to a monorail system. I have never seen it in person, but I think this is it.
The software is only worth a few hundred. Mach 3 is about $200, Conversational Cam $400, and Art Cam Express 150. The computer is important only because Mach is probably loaded onto it without the original. Legacy would know who owned the machine. I think you are right about storage wars. This is sad. But unless you are a legacy owner, you would probably hesitate to purchase this machine at the high price. Most people would opt to buy a new shopbot or mastercam for less. For the most part, a Legacy Artisan 72 is really for someone who turns rather than specializes in sheet goods. And then the turnings would be bedposts and tall lamps--items that need a taper in. Or half columns. One of the challenges with Legacy machines in this era is that people are less into turned legs and into arts and craft stye. This hurts both the sale of manual and cnc legacy machines. As for run time, I would not worry about that with cnc machines. Replacing motors and spindles are relatively cheap and easy to do. The bigger problem with the Artisan I series is the rack and pinion system used is noisy. Begat On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:10 AM, <mwfos...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Begat, > > Good find. Yes, you bring up a point. I don't know if you noticed - but > there are two DIFFERENT machines shown here. The first six pics are Legacy > stock images. Seller states at the bottom that some pics are of the > machine and others are stock pics from Legacy. (The first six pics are > Legacy stock images.) The issue is, the seller's machine is *quite > different* from the stock photos one. Check the aluminum extrusions you > mention. The seller's has only one - the tailstock slides on it. The > stock photo shows *four* full length extruded rails - with the tailstock > mounted on a steel bridge that travels on two extruded rails - like the > manual mills. > I wonder if the "owner" is actually a Legacy CNC-smart person; I suspect > owner got this at an estate sale or a "Storage Wars" scenario. I base that > on the photos and info provided. If I were selling a $24,000/$18,000 > machine, and was familiar with it as its owner, I'd have different/better > photos (like better close-ups of the spindle, data/SN plates, headstock, > etc. In the description, I'd have more details about the computer and the > CNC software (these alone *could be* worth a couple thousand). I don't > know enough about CNC - but I suspect there is the capability to view what > the total run-time is on the machine. Lastly, seller states "several > cutters included". Duuuhhh - how about some more info! Like: How many? > Their stock number/ID? Used/New? And I'd have a photo of them all > together. > > I suspect much of the descriptive info was a "cut & paste" from a Legacy > page. (Note there is no mention of the OS that the laptop is running - > much less the versions of the CNC software. > > I agree with you - this will probably go for a fair bit less than seller > is asking for it - partly because of the "weak" listing AND because the > seller is probably not a Mill "Owner"/user. > > Thanks for finding & posting this mill - it was interesting. > > Mac > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Begat > Sent: Feb 19, 2014 4:51 AM > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > Subject: Legacy Artisan 72 for Sale in Southern California asking 18000 > > Hello All, > > There is a Legacy cnc for sale in Orange County, California. While the > asking price is $18K, it appears that the machine is in storage, so there > might be lots of flexibility. I would not be surprised if it goes for $12K, > still sizeable chunk of cash. > > The pictures are of interest. As some of you may know, Legacy redesigned > the Artisan after getting rid of the aluminum extrusion used on the manual > mills. Here are those images. > > http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/tls/4339530905.html > > Begat > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
