Re: Bridgeport CNC Vertical Mills

--- "Rod Ouellette" <rodo@a...> wrote:

> Greetings to all
> A used equipment dealer in Cleveland Ohio has listed
> 7 Bridgeport CNC mills at a price of $1395.00 each.
> From past experiences with this company I believe you
> could probably get that price down by a couple hundred
> dollars.
> I have no experience with these machines nor am I
> affiliated with McKean Machinery in any way.
> Their web address is www.mckeanmachinery.com

I live in Cleveland and visit McKean several times a
year. I bought my Van Norman manual mill from them.
They are good folks. But....

Don't get two excited about these mills. I haven't
seen them, but based on the price alone I have my
doubts about their condition. I've only looked at
manual mills there. Usually any genuine Bridgeport
is priced $1495 or more in mediocre shape, $2995 or
more if in decent shape. The cheapest I've ever
seen there was $995, and that one was missing the
X leadscrew, had a broken Y handwheel and possibly
bent Y leadscrew, and plenty of other problems.

Maybe they got a really good deal on these CNC
machines, or CNC prices run much lower than manual
prices. I know for manual mills, if they are only
asking $1395, the mills are pretty beat.

Ultimately you have to make your own decisions, but
just a heads up - ask lots of questions and/or see
it in person before you plunk down your money.

I'm not implying that McKean is not on the up-and-up.
All of my dealings with them have been very good.
Also, my last visit there was in January, and I wasn't
looking at machines much, mostly tooling. Maybe the
economy has lowered the prices on everything, and
$1395 buys a lot more than it did a year ago.

John Kasunich