From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Gerry"  wrote in message news:60uekk5urh3ufjkoje9shgkvli6utftk9t@4ax.com...   
      
   On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:34:36 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"   
    wrote:   
      
   >"David Billington"  wrote in message news:10i6gnb$21hs4$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >You need to keep you eyes and ears open for what's about. I know a guy   
   >in your area that got a decent Induma BP clone for sub £500, a bit of a   
   >job to move as a bit heavier than a BP but worth the effort for what he   
   >does. He has various other machine tools all from the area acquired over   
   >time.   
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   >It helps to have enough cash on hand including smaller denominations for   
   >exact change and an open space to put it, so you can react before someone   
   >else does.   
   When I bought my 9" SB "A", the two guys ahead of me had to make a   
   phone call - by the time they got off the phone the lathe was mine and   
   delivery arranged!   
      
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   Also remind the seller, who may not have been the user, to check for   
   accessories. My 5C collets were forgotten orphans from a lathe that had been   
   sold.   
      
   Cash is king. Flea market and second hand dealers tend to have a folded wad   
   of bills in their pocket, sorted small outside to large inside to minimize   
   fumbling, ready to negotiate and close the sale. When I took the cash out in   
   a store to pay for hardware my new treasure was missing the clerk thought I   
   was a drug dealer.   
      
   I've bought a number of things cheaply that were "broken" by missing   
   hardware, sometimes special parts a lathe can make, such as a #12 LH chuck   
   retainer screw for a cordless drill.   
      
   The Navy lost a $60 million jet to a missing hydraulic damping cylinder rod   
   clevis pin washer that let the pin slide out of one side eye and rip loose.   
   https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-probe-shows-how-aircraft-ca   
   rier-landing-unraveled-in-seconds-2025-12   
      
   The more detailed investigation I read didn't mention whether the nut had   
   come off first or the washer was omitted. The sketch apparently showed the   
   nut OD smaller than the pin, so it might have been either.   
      
   The US population is ~340 million, that jet cost each of us two dimes.   
      
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