Selling my Lathe........

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

............ yep, I am.....................no, no, no......... not the DVR, but the old C-man lathe.....

I have not used it, the kids are only slightly interested, and I don't have the space to keep it around.

I dressed it up some, as I would like to get my money back out of it.

This is the lathe that a friend, Dalton sent me for the price of shipping, from the States.

It started out like this..........



it needed some TLC to get it going, but I fixed it up.

It worked well to get me truly, and deeply into Abbys.....

Now I tried to sell it for my cost to a few guys, a couple were interested, one guy really wanted it, but in the end, as he was just getting into woodworking he decided on a tablesaw instead, good idea, for him, as he still has to build some cabinets for his newly renovated house

As I could not give it as a "Great Deal" to a friend, I decided to sell it on Yahoo auctions (no E-bay here!).

Here in Japan, the options for wood working lathes here are few and far between.

Here is what is available to a hobbyist.


This will set you back $200 plus about $25 for shipping


This one is about $320. plus $40 shipping

For chucks, this is what they have.......


Yep, that is $100 to you, plus $15 shipping.............

Now the WT-300 is a cheap copy of the old C-man lathe, I've seen one in person, and the castings are about half the thickness of the old C-man, and the tube bed is split in two, and I under stand that is really vibrates a lot.

This is what I ended up with.........


Some paint, and a lot of sanding, then polishing and the lathe don't look much like it did when I got it.


I also made a safety cover for the belt and pulley set up.


Some upgrades are that I put a linked belt on it, made it run so much smoother!

I also made a stand of sorts for it, that is a torsion box under it, VERY solid and a touch on the heavy side, as there is a lot of plywood in that box!

I have also added a lot of accessories..........


the original 12" tool rest
shop built 6" tool rest
a shop built bowl tool rest
two face plates
a new drive center
a new live center
the Grizzly chuck

I also made use of the tool rest handle from the DVR as I got a better one.

I really tuned this lathe up, and I doubt it ran this well when new from C-man.


Another look at the accessories I'm selling with the lathe.

I'm not selling any tools with it, as I don't really have any to sell, I use all the ones I have.

Anyway, I figure I have near $300 into the lathe, not counting the shipping from the US or the generous gift from Dalton.

This is what I'm up against on the auctions for a "set"............



Everything you see in the pic, for a low low price of $1600..........

I think it should sell, I hope so, as I just put an $800+ order in at Lee Valley, for stuff I need for the upcoming Humidor project, and a bunch of stuff for Christmas presents, got to pay the bills somehow!
Well, what do you think?

Cheers!

[Don Baer]

Stu,
Why not try putitng it up on Craigs list ?

Here is a link if you not familiar with it.

http://tokyo.craigslist.org/

[John Miliunas]

I think that's a great deal and, I "second" Don's suggestion. "Craigslist" flat out rules!

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Well I'll be, I did not even know they had a Craigs list here in Japan!

Thanks guys!

[Richard Madison]

Maybe you mentioned how much you are asking for it and I missed it?

[Dennis Peacock]

Wow Stu.....had me worried there for a minute.
Glad it's not the DVR!!!!! Good luck on selling the other lathe.

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Maybe you mentioned how much you are asking for it and I missed it?

Sorry, I did not, as the price is not really relative to what you guys in the US can get.

Just the same, I think it is worth at least the same amount as the Chinwanese copy the WT-300, and I hope it goes for more than that.

= $360.....?



= $360....?

I sure hope so!

Cheers!

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Wow Stu.....had me worried there for a minute.
Glad it's not the DVR!!!!! Good luck on selling the other lathe.

Well, I figured that would make a few of you go "OMG!!!"

Sorry about that, just having some fun!

Cheers!

[George Conklin]

Well, I figured that would make a few of you go "OMG!!!"

Sorry about that, just having some fun!

Cheers!

So,,, it's safe to come out .

I'm glad I have a good strong heart .

[Ernie Nyvall]

Sorry about that, just having some fun! Cheers!

Yea, yea, yea you rat. You put so much into getting set up to turn, that that title coming from you was going to give me a bad day. Dang you Stu.

Wow, you did a great job on the c-man lathe. It certainly aught to go for at least as much as the other.