?? The most expensive dore westbury yet ??

I found this price hard to believe and wonder if the seller and some others read through posts on this site. Or maybe posts come up on google when people search for info wondering how much to ask for things and what to say about them.

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It does look like a clean and tidy machine but some where between and Mk1 and a MkII I suspect.

John

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If you don't ask you don't get - but zero bids so far. Calls himself "craftycrhis". We'll have to see how crafty he really is...

Just to put it in perspective:

Castings and motor about £200+

Minimum Wage £7.20/hr ... ToolMaker's wage ??

IF [and only if] it's a good 'un, the price may be reasonable.

MichaelG.

That, or a similar one, sold for that price on e-bay a few months ago.

I am sure s/he saw that.

Don't forget e-bay+paypal take 20% of that price too.

I spotted a couple of these whilst looking for a small mill, one of them really stood out and i wanted it. Not for a mill but just to look at. For some reason it stood out more than the rest and really old school.

I like that sort of thing. I was born 30 or 40 years too late.

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I took a look at sold prices and they do seem to have gone up. Highest around £700. Currently there is another one on at a price that would be well worth sorting it out but it's missing the worm and wheel for the quill fine feed which if some one couldn't make themselves could be a problem. The variations have always interested me. Some one told me that mine wasn't the MKII but it has the squarer head and casting on the column so must be apart from not having a spring return on the drill feed which I wouldn't want on a miller. There seems to be a version in between the purely round castings on the original one as well. I have no idea how important the beefing up over time is.

There are generally some interesting milling machines about such as this one which does seem to be an honest add the way it reads. On one like this I would contact them and say ok I'll buy it but if when I actually look at it there are signs that it's to past it's use by date I wont be buying it.

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There is a small Steinel as well. Not a name I have come across before.

John

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"Crafty chris"; thats about the size of it for me. Crafty indeed.

I do respect the fact it's a piece of model history for being one of the first budget millers.  The round column is ok for a drill press but for a mill it's a little disconcerting with regard to squareness and quill travel. Presuming its a rack and pinion feed and not a fixed head. But again, it's the name you're going for £500 would be a little more attractive and i'm sure crafty engineers would wrangle one for a song.

Michael W

Edited By Michael Walters on 12/06/2016 18:28:02

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That's a classy looking little machine, John

Here, I believe, is the company.

MichaelG.

There's an interesting looking Ajax horizontal milling machine in Colchester, on at the moment for £600 buy it now. It appears to have the swing table, making it "almost universal", although without the vertical head attachment it's surely somewhat less useful. Seems to have power feeds and all the right bits, ex-school allgedly.

Ajax are a UK company, still in business today. I'd be tempted myself if I had anywhere to put it...

Murray

The Fritz one would interest me more Michael. A nice compact machine that can go fast and weighs in at just under 1 tonne. Seems they used a 3 speed motor so that could be replaced with 2hp 980 rpm one and inverter. A production machine so it will be very solid. Only problem might be that if it has been used for that 8 hours a day maybe plus shifts it could be rather well worn.

I've seen some wonderful real milling machines on there going for a song. Good job I haven't the space for one.

John

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Edited By Nick Clarke 2 on 09/02/2017 05:48:00

Edited By Nick Clarke 2 on 09/02/2017 05:49:26

This beats your original post AJohnW.

See **LINK**

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As you can see from the photo’s, it is in great condition and looks untouched.

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... except perhaps for that great big nick in the pulley [see second photo in the sequence]

Application of a Moto Guzzi tyre lever, to shift the belt ?

MichaelG.

You are mostly well out of order,

The only criterion of price is what the buyer pays for any item, all else is totally irrelevant.

I spotted this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cowells-ME-90-Lathe-/272562412013?hash=item3f75fc59ed:g:ta4AAOSwWxNYqg7x

A fantastic little lathe and with the ultra rare tailstock for turning 4 dimensional shapes between centers.

David.

Edited By David Colwill on 21/02/2017 23:08:37

Edited By David Colwill on 21/02/2017 23:09:15

That's not the rare 4D mod, it's streamlining so it goes faster in the post

I was about to post the same link... the chance that this DW will sell, seems to be the same as castings will be offered again.

On the other hand, the Dore Westbury is a very nice and versatile machine and I feel it's underestimated by many people. Even if the price gets close to a brand new far eastern miller, I believe that it's still in a reasonable price range.

Many people have upgraded to bigger milling machines and report that the little DW still has it's place and uses in the workshop and I'm afraid this doesn't count for the modern small millers out there.

Check out the RH side of the milling table, where the X handwheel bolts on. The t-slot is very close to the edge, meaning that for some reason, part of the milling table was removed.

Sometimes these adds are just that, adds with a contact number, no intention to sell at that price just a cash in hand sensible price - withdraw from sale and no fees to pay.

You can spot them later due to being withdrawn and a pathetic excuse given