Re: BIG 1800 for sale? - Gardena, California

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Bill & others,

That Mill has been the subject of discussions here for the past year and a half.  The person posting it has been very elusive when questioned.  In fact, I'm not sure any Member has ever engaged the owner in a dialog.  I'm not sure that it is even really for sale.  Must be costing the "lister" some money - not sure how posting items for sale on eBay is priced.  It currently has 30 "Watchers".   I'll bet at least half are curiosity "watchers" from our Group.  I am one of them - and have been on & off for over a year.

For such a BIG and expensive machine, their listing is pathetic.  They have only one photo and the "description" is about as minimal as one could write.  If I had something that "valuable" I'd have lots of photos (minimum of 10), including a close-up or two and at least a paragraph of descriptive info.

A technical question - in response to Bill's observation regarding the Y-Axis gantry:  How will raising it enable turning a larger diameter piece of stock.  It is my assumption that the max diameter is limited by the space between the X-Axis outer rails and the inner rails when dropped to their lowest position.  Raising the height of the Y-Axis gantry will not enlarge that "rectangular space".

If there is a Group Member that lives near to the mill's location (or one traveling near it) we'd probably all appreciate them stopping by and calling the lister's bluff - paying a visit and seeing it in person - then letting us all know how the visit went.  While you're there, give them some tips on how to post a Mill for sale on eBay.  It appears they need it.

Come to think of it, I think I commented over a year ago on this Mill.  I postulated that the owner's spouse nagged them to "get rid of it". 

Since the owner did not want to part with it - but wanted to appease their spouse - they posted it in the worst possible way they could (what we see today). 

Then they could, in good conscience, tell the spouse they had it For Sale on eBay.  Now they are both happy.  Owner - knowing it probably will not sell (especially if they don't respond to inquiries) and spouse - because it is listed on eBay For Sale - thinking it will one day be gone.

That's my theory on this Mill in Gardena, California.

Mac

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dexter Bland
Sent: Jul 25, 2019 5:11 PM
To: Legacy Ornamental Mills
Subject: Re: big 1800 for sale

Looking on the history archive page, this unit looks like a 2000 model instead of 1800. Maybe they don't know what they really have?

On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 10:27:58 AM UTC-5, aussiman wrote:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Legacy-CNC-Ornamental-wood-working-machine/162842013290?hash=item25ea23ee6a:g:LxYAAOSwM~taU~Pe

 

Big old girl here looks like its done some really large jobs I see the cross slide has been raised higher with some rail pieces to I assume accommodate a very large dia job. Anyone looking for a monster mill here it is

 

Bill

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