Thread: HAAS Tm1 info

Tomorrow I am going to a shop to check out 6 BPs and some manual lathes they are closing down and want to sell the whole place at one time. They have a Haas tm1 from 2003 it has no toolchanger and no cabnet any idea what it is worth ball park I will have pics tomorrow I was told it is nice and is up and running and comes with tooling. I see some prices in the 19 grand area he said he paid 21 for it in 2003. New ones are 26000 on the Haas site. If any of you are interested let me know, my friend who is a machinerey dealer doesnt do cnc so this has to go to close the deal on the manual stuff.

I posted the tm1 on the classified site with pics in a link. the owner of the mill wants 16000 with tooling and 2 kurt vises is this in the ballpark? Is it a fair price are these mills worth owning?

No tool changer on a cnc mill? Unless one can be added cheap that thing is useless (slight exaggeration). You may want to price with that in mind.

Originally Posted by goooose

No tool changer on a cnc mill? Unless one can be added cheap that thing is useless (slight exaggeration). You may want to price with that in mind.

We have a TM-1 which came with no tool changer, no guards, and no 4th axis capability. Was supposed to be a secondary operation and simple job machine, but guess what? We do full on jobs on it now. We added all of the aforementioned things,which are available from Haas. Umbrella style ATC only has 10 stations, though. BTW, it comes from the factory with 4000 rpm max (because no guards), but there's a parameter change which will up that to 6000.

I sold it last night on craigslist it sold for 16000 they are picking it up tomorrow. A dealer bought it I had two other dealers offer me 13 grand.

Amazing how they keep their price.

Originally Posted by kpotter

I sold it last night on craigslist it sold for 16000 they are picking it up tomorrow. A dealer bought it I had two other dealers offer me 13 grand.

That must be gratifying, as long as you refuse to fall into the "seller's remorse" trap.

You did exactly what the seller wanted, it sold within 48 hours. The seller can now focus on other details, and he (most likely) appreciates that you followed his instructions.

Not so easy, to find people who follow instructions. Keep up the good work

Originally Posted by MBG

Amazing how they keep their price.

A tightly-scheduled machine (with an on-site expert operator adding the machine to his duties) would/should make that $16,000 back in the first month, I suspect.

Or perhaps not... Mr. Potter depicts his location as being a buyer's market for CNC machine time.

There is a bit of fudge factor in my guesstimate, but such a first month (without machine failures) would allow the guy who pushed for the purchase to breath a bit easier, to sleep a bit easier.

The mill sold to a dealer in LA he had a buyer for it I guess. I got three calls right after his and they all said they have been looking for a low hour machine. I wouldnt think low hour cnc machines are real common since you dont go buying these things without alot of work for them.