Anyone heard of Aciera?

Now that is a very nice looking mill, great size for me too. Alas my budget will probably be taken up by one of the lathes.

Is there no editing feature on this place?

Also this £4000 machine went for £95

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Now that has really upset me

... I can only hope that someone has bought it to restore and use.

... not to strip & sell as parts on ebay.

MichaelG.

Appeared mechanically solid but the electricals had been gutted.

Was that purpose made watchmakers lathe a gear cutting machine? Thats my best guess.

Have a look at this ... and you can then weep with me, Rainbows

MichaelG.

The thread still comes up as number two on page one of Google if you search for '"aceria lathe".

Whilst it may be the dominant topic of discussion, as ever that's a diversion from the actual question was is about the quality of Aciera lathes and even whether or not they actually make/made them.

Amending the title makes sense as people are more likely to look for the right name than the wrong one, even if the typo is a common one.

Neil

P.S. I note the auctioneers' sale was of 'General Household and Affects" so I suppose we should be thankful that the name was at least recognisable...

PPS: I also note that it was a mill not a lathe anyway!

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 22/08/2015 14:57:11

I inherited an F1 from my father who bought it from his company that made electron microscopes when GEC closed it down. A beautiful machine though in need of new feed nuts, but too small for general model engineering. With heavy heart I sold it through (IIRC) the modelengineering website and used the proceeds to buy a Myford VMB. Not nearly so nice but very good at chewing metal. I am pretty certain they never made lathes, and Tony's site doesn't show any Aciera lathes.