Zahnrad Kopf
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 5, 2010
- Location
- Tropic of Milwaukee
To rebuild or not to rebuild? That is the question.
I have a threaded spindle Heavy 10 sitting on a tube leg cabinet that I am going to be selling shortly. It is in good, but used shape. It works well enough, cuts accurately, but does need some love in the form of a cross slide nut ( or nut and screw ) and a few minor things that I never bothered with because I got along fine with it for the last 20+ years.
It has the typical accessories and attachments. 3 jaw, 4 jaw, face plates, steady rest, collet nose, hand wheel and lever closers, taper attachment, etc...
My question is one of whether or not it is financially worth actually rebuilding it, simply to sell it. By rebuild, I mean disassemble it fully, clean it, grind and scrape the pertinent surfaces, paint, and reassemble with the typical considerations of wicks and bearings, etc...
What is a ballpark estimate of the selling value of one in used condition versus one in truely rebuilt condition? Is it even worth doing all of that just to sell it?
Thanks.
I have a threaded spindle Heavy 10 sitting on a tube leg cabinet that I am going to be selling shortly. It is in good, but used shape. It works well enough, cuts accurately, but does need some love in the form of a cross slide nut ( or nut and screw ) and a few minor things that I never bothered with because I got along fine with it for the last 20+ years.
It has the typical accessories and attachments. 3 jaw, 4 jaw, face plates, steady rest, collet nose, hand wheel and lever closers, taper attachment, etc...
My question is one of whether or not it is financially worth actually rebuilding it, simply to sell it. By rebuild, I mean disassemble it fully, clean it, grind and scrape the pertinent surfaces, paint, and reassemble with the typical considerations of wicks and bearings, etc...
What is a ballpark estimate of the selling value of one in used condition versus one in truely rebuilt condition? Is it even worth doing all of that just to sell it?
Thanks.