Thread: VIC (Geelong) Macson T&C grinder on FB Marketplace - $400

Rough Macson T&C grinder, but has magnetic chuck.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2520908161927/





Pretty local to me so I may be able to assist with pickup.

Steve

Looks to me to be more like a surface grinder than a T&C grinder???
Kryn

Prices are usually good when the seller doesn’t know the difference between a surface grinder and a t&c grinder

Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore

Looks to me to be more like a surface grinder than a T&C grinder???
Kryn

Its defiantly a T&C grinder

Now sold.

Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore

Looks to me to be more like a surface grinder than a T&C grinder???
Kryn

The swivel in the middle/top of the table is usually a feature of a T+C grinder,
although without a tilt/swivel grinding head, fairly limited?

(can't see from photo if it has that feature)


...but I have once seen a swivel table that bolts on top of a normal surface grinder table...
so some SGs can become T+C Gs????

I think there is one too many 0's on the end of that price.

TC grinders are not worth much these days. A good condition fully tooled one might bring what they are asking for that rusty boat anchor.

Originally Posted by .RC.

I think there is one too many 0's on the end of that price.

TC grinders are not worth much these days. A good condition fully tooled one might bring what they are asking for that rusty boat anchor.

I must be looking in the wrong places to find cheap TC grinders.

Originally Posted by .RC.

I think there is one too many 0's on the end of that price.

TC grinders are not worth much these days. A good condition fully tooled one might bring what they are asking for that rusty boat anchor.

A couple of years back I’d probably have thought similar, but since the bat flu calmed down and inflation went up there’s bugger all around that’s not asking $2k upwards - and that’s not even fully tooled.
Given that “boat anchor” had a decent sized mag chuck I thought it was pretty reasonably priced in the current market - and someone else must have agreed as it was sold in a couple of hours.

Steve

Originally Posted by Reidy41

I must be looking in the wrong places to find cheap TC grinders.

I am looking at selling both my TC grinders, and really did not expect them to be worth much despite both being well tooled and in very good condition.

Originally Posted by .RC.

I am looking at selling both my TC grinders, and really did not expect them to be worth much despite both being well tooled and in very good condition.

I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Nothing under $2k locally here, and fully tooled are advertised for around $5k
Not saying they are getting $5k, but in the past 6 months nothing under $2k that is operational seems to last more than 1-2 weeks on Facebook marketplace.

Best value I’ve seen in that time was a Hercus/Clarkson size machine partially tooled for around $1400.

Steve

Originally Posted by OxxAndBert

I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Nothing under $2k locally here, and fully tooled are advertised for around $5k
Not saying they are getting $5k, but in the past 6 months nothing under $2k that is operational seems to last more than 1-2 weeks on Facebook marketplace.

Best value I’ve seen in that time was a Hercus/Clarkson size machine partially tooled for around $1400.

Steve

I paid $230 for my big Tos T&C grinder. With tooling.

Had to make a new cross slide screw & nut though.

PDW