I recently found myself the proud owner of a Shopmaster Eldorado Mill/lathe, unfortunately after lady luck graced me with that she decided to throw some kidney stones my way as well. a couple months and several doctor bills later I am facing the fact that in the time I've owned it I have yet to use it, as such I am thinking I may have to let it go.
The machine is in fairly good condition, there were several problems with it when I got it, the run capacitor on the milling head had an internal short that was replaced. The lathe belt is frayed but I am working on getting that replaced as well, and what appears to be the drive gear of the power feed is missing half the teeth. Again I have hopes to get that addressed as well.
I am wondering;
- Is there is a market for this machine out there?
- If so can anyone let me know what price I should be looking to get for it, or if any of you fine individuals are interested in it.
I don't know much about this stuff I had planned on using this machine to dive in and become familiar with it, but it looks like I'll have to put that on hold for a bit. The machine currently is not CNC but fully manual but I have seen many threads by people who have made the conversion fairly easily I have the manual and am only the second owner. Aside from the issues I mentioned before It seems to be in good shape and I have seen many positive reviews for this machine.
Thanks for giving this a look.