Fair Price? Mark VII

Len · Post by **Len** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:40 pm

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/tls/1335862732.html

Don't know...and I've got a garage full of SS.
SWMBO would hit the ceiling, but I don't have a Mark VII!

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:06 pm

Len wrote:http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/tls/1335862732.html

Don't know...and I've got a garage full of SS.
SWMBO would hit the ceiling, but I don't have a Mark VII!

It is a good price if everything still works on it. Be sure to operate all its functions, even the retractable casters. The Speed Control has a plastic cam and the rack for moving the headstock was also made from plastic so both have been known to crack and/or break. If the speed changes smoothly and headstock can be cranked from one side to the other side, then it is a good deal. Those are the cleanest tubes I have seen on a Mark VII. Also make sure the motor will reverse and the switch buttons still work. I have replaced the push button switch assembly with 2 toggle switches on several Mark VIIs I repaired. I have modified the Mark VII FWD/REV motor for use in several Mark Vs for Lathe users. I paid $50 each for the 2 very rusty non-operating Mark VIIs that I brought.

nelsonlake81 · Post by **nelsonlake81** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:21 pm

if you got $200.00 to blow I'd buy it. Just to see what it was all about.(I would)It looks like it has a dust collector or something on the bottom and it looks bigger than the newer models

Ron309753 · Post by **Ron309753** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:05 am

Hmmm, how could the same exact machine be in Kenwood, CA, and in Grove City, OH at the same time? Must be black hole or something!

http://columbus.craigslist.org/for/1311400642.html

Sincerely,

Ron

tom_k/mo · Post by **tom_k/mo** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:29 am

Ron309753 wrote:Hmmm, how could the same exact machine be in Kenwood, CA, and in Grove City, OH at the same time? Must be black hole or something!

http://columbus.craigslist.org/for/1311400642.html

Sincerely,

Ron

I think I smell a rat... That definately is the same photo.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:34 am

Must be a 2 for the price of 1 sale!:D

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:49 am

tom_k/mo wrote:I think I smell a rat... That definately is the same photo.

Methinks he is paranoid someone might go after it themselves.

WE DO NOT DO SUCH DASTARDLY DEEDS!:)

OR neither one is in the pix. They both used a pix from someplace else!