Used CNC lathe sources

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Let us say you have decided to purchase a used cnc lathe. The next question is what sources are available to you to purchase your dream used cnc lathe from. In this brief article, we will briefly touch upon the places and avenues to consider to locate used cnc lathes so you can potentially have some choices available to you and you can then take the best choice from the available ones. Remember nowadays used cnc lathes are not as cheap as they used to be and some can end up costing a pretty penny, so weighing out your choices is always a good idea.

Obviously, the easiest place to start looking for a used cnc lathe is to talk to your regular machine tool salesman. He may have a customer that is looking to sell his used cnc lathe so he can hopefully buy a new one from this salesman and since the salesman sees a lot of customers who use lathes, he is the best source of contact. He may also provide you with inside information as to how well or how badly the specific used cnc lathe has been treated by the seller and that is a bit of good information he can pass on your way.

The second source is auction listings and I am sure many of you get such listings to your company every once in a while. The third source is the machinery and tools section of your local Sunday newspaper. Sounds pretty unsophisticated, but you will be amazed at the listings that you can sometimes come across there. The fourth source is obviously the internet. Do a search of used cnc lathes and cnc equipment and you will end up with a variety of machine dealers that deal with both new and used cnc lathes.

A fifth source is to talk to your bank. Sometimes some companies stop making payments on their cnc lathes and the bank wants to repossess the machine. Now the bank is not in the business of operating or selling used cnc lathes. They would rather get rid of it to someone else and start collecting interest payments because that is what they do and so you may be able to get a good used cnc lathe for a great deal simply by making one phone call to your local bank.

Alternately, you could place an ad on classified sites such as Craigslist and such. Auction sites such as e-bay and such are another alternative. Simply talking to your peers in the business is seldom looked into. I had a case where a peer in the machining business was selling two very well maintained cnc lathes for a very reasonable price and it was not advertised anywhere and sold it simply by word of mouth.

So there are several sources to purchase a used cnc lathe from. Try to get as many choices as possible available so you can choose the best from what is available.