325.00 too hi for mini lathe?

[90LX_Notch]

I have a guy who interested in my mini lathe. Its a Micro-mark with the "true inch" dials 7x12. I told him 325.00 USD and I would drive close to an hour to meet him half way.

He says I am bit high with my price. I think it's pretty fair. The ways are perfect and I've debugged the lathe to where I can single point thread Stainless on it.

 

[ttrikalin]

the price seems fair to me for a MM that has been tweaked.
Seems to me that 7x lathes should worth more when obtain well tweaked from a careful 1st owner. The price is quite attractive in general, more so if you include tooling.

I do not have a 7x, but I'ver read a lot about them.

take care,

tom

 

[Bill Gruby]

The price is more than fair. The buyer is trying to get it cheaper if possible. Stand firm and tell him so.

"Bill Gruby"

 

[90LX_Notch]

Thanks guys. So I'm not crazy with my price. There's no tooling with it, but it's still fair. I don't want to give it away. It's a great lathe. The only reason I'm looking to part with it is I need a rotary table and I have two other lathes (Craftsman/Atlas 618).

Bob

 

[lazylathe]

Price is great!!!
And you are driving an hour or more to meet him!!
What more could you ask for??

Feel like a drive to Canada??
I will meet you at the border! ;D

Seems like a tire kicker to me...

Stand firm in your price.
If you put it on C-list you will sell it for your asking price.

Andrew

 

[mygrizzly1022]

Your price is more than fare, if anything a bit low. Tell the guy to take a hike. For that kind of money I would keep it and leave a four jaw chuck on it so you don’t have to be changing chucks as often. You may find you will likely use an extra lathe way more often than a rotary table…More often than not the rotary table is very project specific, you need it then you don’t.

Regards… Bert

 

[kd7fhg]

I sold my speedway mini lathe for 400 last year no chuck or tooling, now I wish I would have kept it.
My two cents worth.
Rex

 

[90LX_Notch]

I need the RT more then I need a third lathe. The other two are both Craftsman/Atlas 618s so I can just swap tooling back and forth, otherwise I would keep it.

The joke of the whole thing is I wasn't selling the lathe. I responded to an add he posted.

Anyone here interested in it? He has not gotten back to me since I emailed him that the price was fair at 325.00 and I noticed an add go up for someone looking for a bench top lathe in his area.

If anyone is interested it would have to be a local pick-up. I can meet someone upto an hour from Milford, PA.