Jeff, I've been wondering about the images on the website for some time now. The redesign of the machine was over a year ago.
>From what I've heard, the totally open frame with the easily removable headstock and tailstock is much better, so one would think it would help promote the machines. Begat On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Jeff Becker <jwb...@windstream.net> wrote: > I just re read your statement about run time I do not know of a way to > figure out how many hours the machine has run, but you can figure out how > long it should take the machine to make an item. > > > > Jeff Becker > > > > > > *From:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto: > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of * > mwfos...@earthlink.net > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:11 AM > *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: Legacy Artisan 72 for Sale in So Cal asking $18K > > > > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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