02-26-2016, 04:53 PM
Great news! Patient trawling of Craig's List yielded results. I scored a literally like-new Kurt 688 for $375. The former owner used it on 2 firearm uppers, and lost interest in machining. Only downside is he also lost the handle. It was advertised for $400, so I offered that I'd give him the other $25 when the handle showed up.
I didn't get a lot of "follow-through vibe" from the seller, so I'll build my own handle.
Now I get to make my 4" ERON all clean and shiny, and put it on Craig's List for $100.
Thanks for all the input, I was pretty close to pulling the trigger on a similar sized Glacern with the V blocks to get the price up to $500 for the free shipping, but this came up.
I didn't get a lot of "follow-through vibe" from the seller, so I'll build my own handle.
Now I get to make my 4" ERON all clean and shiny, and put it on Craig's List for $100.
Thanks for all the input, I was pretty close to pulling the trigger on a similar sized Glacern with the V blocks to get the price up to $500 for the free shipping, but this came up.