Cinci lathe on Craigslist

[pjf134]

When I was looking for a lathe a couple of years ago I had the same problem, it seems that everyone was buying them up as soon as it was listed. I called one person about a sb 10" and it was picked up and gone one hour after it was listed and no problem with price. I was too late on four of them. I wound up buying a SB9A that was sitting a long time at a used machine dealer that did not work at all, but showed hardly any wear. I did tear it all down and the oil was all dryed up in it, but everything was in good shape otherwise. He did have about a hundred lathes to choose from, but mine was in the best shape so I got it. I do want a bigger mill when I make some room and save some money for it and will go back to that guy again because he has a lot of machines there, but mostly big, but I might get lucky.
Paul