02-17-2016, 02:30 PM
I wouldn't ask a lot of questions, but the first question I'd ask is about the power requirements -- if it's 3-Phase, you'd have to get a phase converter in order to run it.
Don't take the car to meet the guy. Take the pickup truck. Don't have a pickup, figure out where you can rent one. Don't let this slip by. Free is the right price.
Do take friends who are conversant with moving machinery. It's not hard work, but it's tricky. More than one otherwise good machine has met it's end by being tipped over while moving it.
Even if it's a tracer mill (a pre-CNC setup for production duplication), and even if it's a completely broken-down useless POS with missing parts... you can still sell parts on eBay and scrap out what doesn't sell, earning a couple hundred bucks.
Don't take the car to meet the guy. Take the pickup truck. Don't have a pickup, figure out where you can rent one. Don't let this slip by. Free is the right price.
Do take friends who are conversant with moving machinery. It's not hard work, but it's tricky. More than one otherwise good machine has met it's end by being tipped over while moving it.
Even if it's a tracer mill (a pre-CNC setup for production duplication), and even if it's a completely broken-down useless POS with missing parts... you can still sell parts on eBay and scrap out what doesn't sell, earning a couple hundred bucks.