Used Nakumura Slant Jr.....Good machine?

wrustle · Apr 21, 2008

Anyone know anything about these lathes? I've had my eye on this one on ebay, but thought it was a bit expensive considering it's age. I'd really like to pick up a small cnc lathe to replace my Mori SL-1 (spindle drive blown) for doing work 1.5" and under. Any thoughts, comments or advice glady accepted.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250235213752&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015

Best Regards,
Russ

vmcman · Apr 21, 2008

They are a very rugged little machine. Should work well for you. That one seems a bit pricey. Almost better off going with a new Hwacheon Cutex-160.

PBMW · Apr 21, 2008

Outstanding little lathe. I had a 88 I think it was. Great little lathe. Very accurate and very reliable.

JDPN · Apr 21, 2008

the way I see things, either you can buy a used machine in new condition for almost new price, or you can buy a new machine for new price.

If the UM price is < a NM price of a modern day equivalent by a large margin, then it makes sense to buy used.

If the UM price is >= to a NM price, then you can buy a new machine, but not always in the same price/performance bracket the UM is.

Make sure to compare apples to apples.

cheers!

:cheers:

cnctoolcat · Apr 21, 2008

I'd say $12k is a decent price for the Nak Jr. $8k would be a steal for it...what's $4k among friends, right?

Seems like someone got the machine already. Snooze, you looze, I guess.

I don't know of any new, capable, real-world, 6" chuck minumun, cnc lathe for less than about $50k...correct me if I'm wrong gents.

vmcman · Apr 21, 2008

The Cutex-160 is in that ballpark. For a little more you can get a HiTech-200, that is a bit more capable.

appliedproto · Apr 22, 2008

That looks very similar to the Jr. Slant that came out of my buddy's shop a year ago. Ask them if it's from a shop in Rockland, MA. If so, I might be able to get some background on it.

machinist man · Apr 22, 2008

The tech school I went to had one of those, I learned cnc turning on it. It's a really nice machine, accurate and rigid. It takes a little while to type in a program at the control, the one we had you could only put one word in at a time (i.e. G0). When the school got rid of it a couple years ago, I wish I would have tried to pick it up, but I didn't really have a need for it in my shop. Hindsight, I guess!

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