How much is this lathe worth?

[signcrafter]

Wondering a ballpark figure on what this might be worth. Was at a buddy's house today and there was a death in the house across the street and the widow is left to sell everything. Just curious what this may be worth.

 

[paulsomlo]

Depends on condition, but an old lathe like that, under $2500.

 

[rsanter]

I agree with under $2500
And make a deal that all the tooling comes with it

 

[dutchgray]

Barely more than scrap value is what you would pay for one like that where I am.

 

[mike93lx]

Barely more than scrap value is what you would pay for one like that where I am.

Scrap value is what came to my mind.

Paying someone to rig and move that could exceed its value.

What this it worth to you?

 

[F-22]

I had a very similar one, meant to by driven by overhead transmissions and long belts. Sold it for 700€ two years ago. Looks like yours has a VFD. Really hand on an old lathe like that, but if it's chinese I think it's not really worth more than ~300€ fitted...

Lathes with over 1m of turning length really loose value with age. Too old to be used in modern machine shops, and too big for home owners to place it somewhere. I sold mine just because it took half of the room it was in, otherwise it worked perfectly fine... Now, instead of it, I managed to fit in a decent mill (similar size to the deckel fp1) and a lathe with 0.6m turning length (and a proper small toolmaker lathe at that!).

I was lucky with the lathe, they threw it away at where I worked at and I got it for free. It's really small but just large enough to have the mass needed for truly precise work. Also interesting construction with bar-guides, which isn't as rigid as most large lathes (rigid enough for something this size), but the big advantage of them is that this lathe is easy to restore completely (new ground bars and new bushings, then grind the ways on the support and it's practically all new). I think a lathe like this would be worth 8-12k if restored in my area. Mine is not in a great state but it's all functional (the one on the photo is not mine).

 

[fatfillup]

No expert on lathes, but moving it has to be figured into value as someone stated. i would think scrap value is too low and as also mentioned, how much tooling comes with it as well as the speed controller

Also need plays into value.

Is she looking for an opinion or are you interested in purchasing?

 

[MongoTA]

Looks like a 1940s C&J 12-speed?
For me, $1200. If a lot of tooling, maybe up to $2k.
Plan on 2500-2700 lb moving weight.

 

[GrantCee]

The value of old machinery like that is highly dependent on the region in which you live. If you live in an area where heavy industry (and thus used machine tools) are scarce, as others have said it might be worth $2k or so fully tooled. If, however, you live in the rust belt, or any other place where that kind of equipment is (or was) common, it's worth scrap price at best.

 

[larry_g]

To me that is a $1299 lathe for what is pictured. Now If it comes with a pile of tooling and accessories like other chucks and steadies then move the price up a bit. Looking at the background of the picture it doesn't look like a machine shop so getting many extra bits seems slim to me.

Are you experienced enough to know what other bits laying around belong to the lathe? If not then bring along someone who is. I bought a lathe some years back from a family where the bits & pieces were scattered all about in different cabinets

lg
no neat sig line

 

[slowtwitch73]

Yeah.. low grand. You'll be sol if you need anything for that lathe.. old and a bit rare. You just gotta assume it's fairly well worn.

 

[Lightning rod]

apparently American Made. History from Vintage machinery

Carroll & Jamieson Machine Tool Co. - History | VintageMachinery.org