• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

Upgrade on lathe and mill.

In Alberta? Like Trev says, keep looking, build your network, ask around. I live in Alberta, I’ve picked up a machine pretty well every year for the past 10 years - sometimes I pay as much as 10 cents on the dollar compared to new. Usually I pay the scrap metal price (couple times they have even delivered the machine), they look awful - and putz away fixing them. Everything working great (granted I traded my time for not spending money). It depends on what you want, depend on what you can live with, plenty of opportunities out there.

I guess I’m a contrarian: in machines I look for not working, rusty, dirty and broken/missing pieces. That way I can get cool and cheap.
 
Chipper5783 said:
In Alberta? Like Trev says, keep looking, build your network, ask around. I live in Alberta, I’ve picked up a machine pretty well every year for the past 10 years - sometimes I pay as much as 10 cents on the dollar compared to new. Usually I pay the scrap metal price (couple times they have even delivered the machine), they look awful - and putz away fixing them. Everything working great (granted I traded my time for not spending money). It depends on what you want, depend on what you can live with, plenty of opportunities out there.

I guess I’m a contrarian: in machines I look for not working, rusty, dirty and broken/missing pieces. That way I can get cool and cheap.
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ah, I see, a competitor!
 
Chipper5783 said:
In Alberta? Like Trev says, keep looking, build your network, ask around. I live in Alberta, I’ve picked up a machine pretty well every year for the past 10 years - sometimes I pay as much as 10 cents on the dollar compared to new. Usually I pay the scrap metal price (couple times they have even delivered the machine), they look awful - and putz away fixing them. Everything working great (granted I traded my time for not spending money). It depends on what you want, depend on what you can live with, plenty of opportunities out there.

I guess I’m a contrarian: in machines I look for not working, rusty, dirty and broken/missing pieces. That way I can get cool and cheap.
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Howdy brother from a different ma and pa. :p
I once came home with a receipt for work done that I should have done myself, when SWMBO inquired as to the amount, I simply replied " Turns out, there's only two things in the world that are cheap anymore......... You and me!". :rolleyes:
 
Chipper5783 said:
In Alberta? Like Trev says, keep looking, build your network, ask around. I live in Alberta, I’ve picked up a machine pretty well every year for the past 10 years - sometimes I pay as much as 10 cents on the dollar compared to new. Usually I pay the scrap metal price (couple times they have even delivered the machine), they look awful - and putz away fixing them. Everything working great (granted I traded my time for not spending money). It depends on what you want, depend on what you can live with, plenty of opportunities out there.

I guess I’m a contrarian: in machines I look for not working, rusty, dirty and broken/missing pieces. That way I can get cool and cheap.
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I gues that begs the question. Where does everyone look for their deals? This may run a kin to ask wheres your favorite fishing spot so ill understand.

Ive been surfing kajiji and market place and a couple of auction sites where i have had some success picking up machining and fab tools.

Any other hidden spots to be looking?
 
AntonB said:
Any other hidden spots to be looking?
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Craig's list, and especially local kijiji/marketplace groups that you have to find and join.

Another big opportunity is to place wanted ads. It always amazes me how many people don't do this.

Last, but not least is your friends network including this forum.
 
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