Machine cannibalism

[Waynno]

Been noticing lately surfing Ebay, a ton of older machine parts are now
flooding the auctions. Is this healthy for our industry? What Im gettin at
I a small one man shop who relys on lower priced machined tools such
as older Mori Sieki lathes and such. I have five of them.

I guess the older Moris, Okumas, Matsuras are worth more selling them
piece by piece? Ok i guess for looking for hard to find parts, but dang,
Sometimes I may need a full functioning machine tools for a decent price,
have to now wade though hundreds of relays, circuit boards and odds
and ends to find a couple of machines

Soap box off

[dertsap]

like cars
they get to a point that it costs more to fix them than what their worth , at least their parting out some of these machines rather than sending them straight to the crusher

[Waynno]

like cars
they get to a point that it costs more to fix them than what their worth , at least their parting out some of these machines rather than sending them straight to the crusher

Great point, I guess I failed to mention the fact that maybe some of the
ones being gutted were still running and perfectly functioning machine tools
still breathing life. That is what is kinda sad