Robopi, well I don't know either But in the US you have much more empty space between machines than in the UK!, but small to medium manual mills seem to sell, a half decent Bridgeport still makes £1500 plus, even though they used to make them 12 miles down the road from me in Bridlington when Adcock and Shipley had a factory there! I have a Harrison Horizontal which also has a vertical head , school machine, hardly used, and bought thought to be rusted, it was actually a thick layer of cutting oil and wood dust, underneasth it was pristine! Since the advent of Ebay prices have "hardened" enormously. Pre Ebay I bought a Colchester Student roundhead mk1 at an open auction in Hull for £180 ( today £1200+)with accesories and tooling. the smaller lathe next to it could be moved by two men into the back of a van, and although not half as good as the Colchester, it made £450! The Colchester rode back scarily on my 1 ton Nissan Cabstar pickup I still have it, and it is a really good machine! Paid £160 (now about £400) for an Alba 1A 12" shaper, off of Ebay, but out in the sticks in the north of England, but not far from me, and £53 for an immaculate Manchester Rapidor machine hacksaw , again because it was in the Northeast uk and folk dont want to travel!, You consider 150 to 200 miles to be on your doorstep, we consider that it is the length of the country!!
