Hardinge lathe clone price?

[zephyr9900]

A "local" machinery surplus dealer has a Hardinge clone lathe on consignment. It is on a base and has a 5C lever collet closer, but no carriage or cross-slide or tailstock, just a lever-operated turret that is clamped to the bed that appears to be broken. No chucks or collets or any other tooling. The guy is asking $2700 for it. What is a reasonable price for something like this (not knowing whether the spindle motor and drive are good or not)? I'm interested in a Hardinge or clone headstock and bed on which to bulid a CNC X-Z mechanism (like an Accuslide) but this price seems way out of line for what the machine is. It's not even a real Hardinge...

Best regards,

Randy

edit: Apparently this is a DSM-59 clone, from pictures I've found on the web.

[Kevin Taylor]

Randy call me or email I have a HC Chucker with a analim slide conversion that I started on and have decided to move on to somthing bigger look on the BPT forum under BTC Clubhouse and I posted some pic's I had the spindel and slides active before i started on repairing the bearing noise in the X wich I have the part's for I have two DV59's also 712-527-4625 ktaylor253@earthlink.net take a look and let me know I'm in Iowa where are You Thank's Kevin