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Bob Lamb20/01/2012 01:22:55
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Am I going mad or is the world going a bit crazy - did anyone see the Rodney which has just sold on ebay for £1027!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and there were two people bidding more than £1000 - and it needed a new drive belt - I think the vendor must be a very happy person tonight
Terryd20/01/2012 07:15:50
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Hi Bob,
 
A reference number would have been fun so that we could all have had a good laugh,
 
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Bob Lamb20/01/2012 07:38:07
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Sorry Terry - hate to prevent you from having a laugh - the ref no was 220928869798. Sit down before you type it in or buy up all the Rodneys around - better than a Building society for a return!
 
Bob
John Stevenson20/01/2012 09:51:27
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Bloody hell I think I might have a couple of these somewhere, only problem is do I have enough rope to tie round my waist and a big enough bag of breadcrumbs to go looking?
 
Last time I went hunting for something I got side tracked and didn't get back for 3 weeks
 
John S.
David Clark 120/01/2012 09:52:45
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Hi There
When buying on Ebay, you will probably be buying that item once only.
if it does not get listed very often, then paying a bit over the top to get it is probably the best idea.
regards David
 
 
Ian S C20/01/2012 10:31:32
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Its just the same at live auctions, I, seen people bid 50% over the current retail price for an item redily available. Ian S C
Ady120/01/2012 11:49:25
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He's still got to get paid.
 
If it gets relisted in the next few weeks then the buyer will have got cold feet or come up with an excuse to not pay.

Edited By Ady1 on 20/01/2012 11:51:28

David Littlewood20/01/2012 12:28:49
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Bob,
 
You said "and there were two people bidding over £1000". This is the only way that final price can be reached, given the way the eBay bidding system works. The final price is always determined by what the second highest bidder puts in as his maximum bid.
 
David
Tony Pratt 120/01/2012 13:40:01
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Heres another one. Ref # 320832902250
Tony
Alan Worland20/01/2012 16:17:10
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Crikey! Folk really want these!
I am not sure of the difference but I have the Myford VMD milling attachment, which I find very usefull not having a milling m/c - the only downside is it is quite a lump to get on/off the lathe and obviously the lathe is then tied up - a bit of planning usually helps!
I paid £160 a couple of years ago
 
Alan
Brian Dickinson20/01/2012 21:19:27
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I have been watching fixed steadies and travel ones for boxfords on flebay. They make on average 100 quid and 50 quid respectfully. i got to 145 for a pair last week and then gave up!!
 
bri
 
 
John Stevenson20/01/2012 21:33:51
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If I wanted a milling attachment for something like a Myford I'd buy one of the SX2 mills from ARC with the fixed column and brushless motor and sell the base on Ebay or turn it into a T&C grinder.
 
The column has a big flat base to make it easy to mod to fit.
 
John S.
Ian P20/01/2012 22:02:00
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Posted by John Stevenson on 20/01/2012 21:33:51:
If I wanted a milling attachment for something like a Myford I'd buy one of the SX2 mills from ARC with the fixed column and brushless motor and sell the base on Ebay or turn it into a T&C grinder.
 
The column has a big flat base to make it easy to mod to fit.
 
John S.
 
 
If you buy an SX2 mill why on earth would you want to limit its usage by splitting it in two and bolting to a lathe.
 
Sounds daft to me!
 
Ian P
John Stevenson20/01/2012 22:12:46
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Some people only have room for a lathe hence the attraction of a Rodney and the like.
Lets face it for £1,027 you could have bought an X3 AND tooled it up.
 
John S.
Bob Lamb25/01/2012 10:40:54
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Just looked at ebay and it's still possible to get a Rodney for the "rock bottom" price of £400 with about a day to go - it will be interesting to see if it makes the previous stratospheric heights - in which case I will be the one looking silly as I got rid of mine last year.
Bob
chris stephens25/01/2012 16:03:51
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I doubt it will go as high as the first one, I suspect that there is now only the one person willing to go so high, as the other has bought his. Isn't the first buyer going to kick himself if this one only reaches the middle hundreds?
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chris stephens26/01/2012 20:13:34
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It went for £535, I think I heard the screams from the first buyer, did any of you?
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Bob Lamb26/01/2012 21:58:14
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Having seen this I am sure the original vendor is down at the pub tonight celebrating. I wonder how the latest buyer will spend the nearly £500 he saved from the last Rodney.
Bob
Gray6226/01/2012 22:16:34
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dammit, I sold 3 of these for £450 each not too many years ago, needed the money to fund a mill upgrade, no regrets as I now have one helluva mill ( Ajax AJT4), the buyers were also very happy - no surprise there, I did spend a great deal of time on refurb however this was a labour £1k plus is a ridiculous amount to pay for one of these units. £500 is about right in my books but...
jonathan olley20/02/2016 18:35:59
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Dear All, I have a Rodney and it has a problem. I detailed the problem, a stiff quill, at; http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=115074#1966259 last night.

If anyone would be kind enough to take a look at the post and perhaps advise me i would be most grateful. Now, i bought this 'unit' before I knew anything about milling...it was much cheaper than some of the sums mentioned above, but I'm beginning to realize why that might have been! So before I consign the Rodney to elaborate 'chock' status, i'd like to investigate the possibility of getting it up and running so I can either sell it and retire or perhaps even use it in my space 'challenged' workshop...!

Many thanks, j.o.

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