Holbrook Minor ..... great deal at 3900

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Mcgyver

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Don't like 15k for 10ee? Here's a comparable quality lathe that looks in great shape for 3900. One of a handful of lathes in the 10ee's class, imo. AND it includes chucks, collets and taper attachment

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Stuart Samuel

Stuart Samuel

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Missed out on of those for, to my recollection, $2000 a few years ago, just outside of Hamilton. Shook on it, but I was slow sorting out the moving, and it disappeared. Been kicking myself since. I keep looking at the listing, but I don’t have the time to drive to Quebec and back, right now.

Plus, rental truck and trailer mileage would be deadly.
 
Susquatch

Susquatch

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Brand new paint jobs always put me off. What are they hiding? And why are they wanting to make it look fancy.

Ya, new paint turns me off big time.
 
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Dan Dubeau

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That's also not even "in" Quebec too, it's like just the tip of Quebec. You'll be in and out before you feel it. :D

Nice lathe for a good price. My opinion of the paint would be 100% contingent on a conversation from the owner.
 
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trevj

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As to the new paint... Meh. Pretty, but it needs a good close look at the stuff paint doesn't hide!

I lived out at Longueuil for a bit over a year, right next to the St Hubert airport. Were that to have popped up on my field of view then, it would have been a no-brainer, to at least go out and look at it! I drove a LOT farther, for less potential!
 
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mjautek

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oh hey, I have one of these; I paid 1600 I think in 2019, with one chuck and a wooden box of collets...

this one's pretty much the same as mine (early ish production) and if it's in good shape it should be a pretty fantastic machine. shame about the modifications (knobs on threading box selector, repaint, casters (!!!)) though, I think they're pretty gross haha.

Biggest selling point on the Minor (in my opinion) is that one of a very few manual lathes where the both the spindle speed and feed are infinitely variable, on the fly - I know the HLV-H can do this and maybe a few others, but most lathes of this class like the 10EE and schaublin 135 can't.


oh yeah and 2700 lb is about right. don't believe the manual - they say it's 1680 lb for some reason but a guy on the holbrook group (groups.io) weighed his at 2750 lb. I moved mine with pallet truck and trailer with huge ramp / box truck with lift gate and this is about the heaviest machine I'd want to move without a forklift...
 
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