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Thread: Argo Vertical Turret Mill
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26th May 2012, 07:48 AM #1Cricket Tragic
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Argo Vertical Turret Mill
My brother snapped this up on ebay for $800 buy-it-now. It was selling as a "pillar drill". What do you think of these machines? Does anyone have a similar machine? Sorry about the photos, They're the ebay ones. He's picking it up today.
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26th May 2012, 09:13 AM #2Dave J Guest
What a score, no wonder he snapped it up, tell him he got a great buy.
I would say it's a Taiwanese machine and better than what they sell today from China. There where a lot of manufacturers that copied the Bridgeport style machine.
Dave
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26th May 2012, 04:54 PM #3Cricket Tragic
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Thanks for your response Dave. He picked it up today and he plans to send better photos, which I'll post. The bloke who sold it genuinely thought it was a drill press. We decided not to enlighten him.
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26th May 2012, 05:02 PM #4Dave J Guest
I wouldn't have told him either in case he changed his mind.
He really did get a great buy even if you did find it has some wear.
Dave
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26th May 2012, 08:28 PM #5Member
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Bargain!. Vari-speed head, Meehanite casting, your brother did well, very well indeed.
I've got a similar machine, Hairy Forbes variant.
Whatever you do, don't try and change speeds with it off, always running.
Cheers
Jon
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