My new used $999 Router !!!

[robertmonroe]

My new used Router!!!

I bought this bad boy for $999.

All the spindles were fully serviced 3 years ago, the machine has been sitting idle for 2 years. Everything works it can process a 4'x8' and the table is actually larger. 4 heads, 2 drills, vacuum table and vacuum pump.

I have the space for it and the power to run it.

Getting this beast home is going to be the hard part.

[BobF]

Thats a monster! What do you think it weighs?

[robertmonroe]

15,000 - 20,000 pounds I was told.

[BobF]

I don't know how you plan to move it, but good luck.
I would almost bet you got your moneys worth in scrap metal.

[cheetahcnc]

What a deal! A good deal on used machinery is about the price of steak, $4 to $5 a pound. You got a bargain on this one. A machinery dealer recently offered me a similar machine, an older version of Anderson. His price started at $15k and eventually dropped to 8K, but I passed. I offered him $1k for just the the routers and drills! Keep us posted with rigging pictures, they are always impressive.

Jim

[robertmonroe]

I seriously considered the effort and expense required to bring the machine home, I was going to pass just on that but I thought it's worth it because for $999 I can spend some money getting it home. It would cost me 4-6 grand just to build a MechMate. I desperately need a 4'x8' router and with the multiple heads and vacuum table & pump when it's finally in place and setup it will be a real earner for me.

I will be happy to post pics, of the rigging and such.

I used to build electric guitars 20 years ago, good Lord willing I'll build more with this router.

I still love my 2006 and plan to keep on using it, currently I'm fabricating a 2'x4' vacuum table for the 2006. I'll build the first one with MDF when that wears out I'll replace it with HDPE. I'll post pics of that addon project, it looks and works real cool, spent $40 including the price of the Venturi Vacuum pump.

[tbenefi33]

My mom would freak out if got something like that..LOL
Great fine though. What do thoese big oh machine make ?

[lumberjack_jeff]

So YOU bought that LOL! I was poised with my finger over the "bid" button all morning.

I figured
a) if I brought home 20k lbs of steel my detached head would be affixed to a pike pole at the end of the driveway in the morning.
b) the bidder's (your) maximum bid was probably $2 or $3 grand.

I decided against it (not only because of the mortal domestic peril it posed but) because the MechMate is what I need, and the amount of space I can allocate. I couldn't dedicate a 17 x 14 x 12 envelope.

$995 is the best deal ever. One of those spindles is worth the price you paid. Congrats.

Keep us posted if you decide to part it out.

[Jason Marsha]

That's a huge machine and a deal too at that price.

Jason

[NIL8r]

THAT is a heck of a deal there!

LumberJack_Jeff,

I couldn't have said it better myself. My wife is STILL not too happy about the inability to park a car in our "two car" garage. With the large work bench I built (which th ewife and kids turn into a drop location for just about everything that I later have to put away) and the handful of projects I currently have going, there's just not enough room for the very thing the structure was built for.

Thanks for making me laugh.

[bkboggy]

You mean to tell me that it's a 10 ton machine? You'll need a semi-truck to deliver that thing... good luck. Killer deal, though.... my '06 is turning out to be twice the price you paid for this thing.

[robertmonroe]

I'll need a flat bed to get the 10 ton Beast home. All the way from Seattle, Washington to El Paso, Texas, OUCH!!!

I hope to have the Beast in my shop before the weekend.