Online at Bidspotter... but I had to see the items in person.... glad I did too....sort of.... what a joke. The only good machines sold sky high, but then, thanks either to moron internet bidders or rigged auction... so did the bad ones !
Examples...an early 90's Mori Seiki SL-20 turn center...looked ok in photos, but real life reveals it was very high hours and a parts machine...lots of important electronics removed from cabinet in the back. If not an online auction it would have brought maybe 1,000 bucks tops...but it went for over $15,000 as I recall. Makino HMC's missing Fanuc modules and gawd knows that else went for $9,000 each. Add 15 percent buyer's rip to those prices...plus loading fees.
The whole auction seemed suspect in that items that normally would start at $1,000 and run up to $8,000....started at $5,000. An ARL spectrometer that was missing the computer and software and probably the interface as well...went for $5,000....normally one in that situation that is most likely for parts only would go for nothing..500 bucks maybe.
Anyhoo... another wasted trip for me... but at least I know anything that seemed to be a deal at that auction, really was the opposite of a deal.
Was interesting walking around the Gibbs plant ... very high production facility.... robot loading $200,000 VMC's arranged in a circle around one robot arm, for example. Lots of activity.
Examples...an early 90's Mori Seiki SL-20 turn center...looked ok in photos, but real life reveals it was very high hours and a parts machine...lots of important electronics removed from cabinet in the back. If not an online auction it would have brought maybe 1,000 bucks tops...but it went for over $15,000 as I recall. Makino HMC's missing Fanuc modules and gawd knows that else went for $9,000 each. Add 15 percent buyer's rip to those prices...plus loading fees.
The whole auction seemed suspect in that items that normally would start at $1,000 and run up to $8,000....started at $5,000. An ARL spectrometer that was missing the computer and software and probably the interface as well...went for $5,000....normally one in that situation that is most likely for parts only would go for nothing..500 bucks maybe.
Anyhoo... another wasted trip for me... but at least I know anything that seemed to be a deal at that auction, really was the opposite of a deal.
Was interesting walking around the Gibbs plant ... very high production facility.... robot loading $200,000 VMC's arranged in a circle around one robot arm, for example. Lots of activity.