Anticipated lathe purchase fizzled (:

[Steve Mathews]

The lathe that I was expecting to soon buy has fizzled. In fact, I was looking at three of them; PM45, PM90 and a Delta 46-541S. They all resulted in a dead end because of problems with the lathe or too high of a price. I was particularly disappointed with the PM45 (currently on eBay) but it would not run and seemed to have been left outside. So, the search continues. I don't want to get something new after you guys got me excited about the older iron. The search continues.

[William C Rogers]

Sorry to hear it didn't work out. The eBay prices for the PM 90 I have seen on eBay seem be very high. You might want to check OWWM BOYD for old iron. I've seen several nice lathes reasonably priced.

[David Delo]

Steve,

Don't know where you're located but there's an auction coming up in Swissvale, PA (Pittsburgh area) on June 19th with a couple PM90's and an Oliver to boot. I've got no horse in the race but seems like your looking for old iron. http://www.hostetterauctioneers.com/
(http://www.hostetterauctioneers.com/)

[Steve Mathews]

Steve,

Don't know where you're located but there's an auction coming up in Swissvale, PA (Pittsburgh area) on June 19th with a couple PM90's and an Oliver to boot. I've got no horse in the race but seems like your looking for old iron. http://www.hostetterauctioneers.com/
(http://www.hostetterauctioneers.com/)

Thanks David! Yes indeed, there are some nice looking lathes in that auction. Unfortunately I'm located in the Southwest. (: If anyone knows of anything available in my neck of the woods I would appreciate a heads up.

[Mark Greenbaum]

Thanks David! Yes indeed, there are some nice looking lathes in that auction. Unfortunately I'm located in the Southwest. (: If anyone knows of anything available in my neck of the woods I would appreciate a heads up.
Put your location ito your profile. I scour . govdeal.com site daily, although I don't need anything right now. But schools are totally liquidating their metal and wood shop programs, and the old iron does appear often. There's 3 up for auction now, but pretty far from SW USA. https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.AdvSearchResultsNew&kWord=wood%20lathe&whichForm=vehicle&searchPg=Main.

[Wade Holloway]

Steve it helps to know where you are located. Just saying the SW does not say much. I live in the SW too. Even with me saying I live in Texas does not help to narrow it down much. :) Most of us put the city and state where we live in our profile. Just something to think about. Good luck with your search.