I got a line on a 1989 chevalier Chevalier FSG 618M locally.
Current price is $3250.00
What I know about it
Manuals, tools, a couple parts (Dust collection) and the OE warranty card inside cabinet.
Belonged to a tool and die shop. Kept in a separate room with other grinders/precision tooling on a dust collection system. No coolant.
Using an 8" precision level on a 2 x 4 x 6 block secured to the mag chuck in the middle, there is .0008 drop from full left to full right on X ~ right is low. .0002 on Y.
Ways and rollers are clean, no grit or buildup. No scoring that I could see by casual inspection without disassembly. Nothing nasty on the lead screw for Y either.
Unit has sat unused for 4 years. The last of 2 pieces of equipment the owner is liquidating (Original owner passed, now the daughter is selling). As in it has not sold for 4 years.
Motor runs and is quiet, no play that I could find. The switches are sketchy and the coil in the starter is iffy - blown fuse for sure, not sure what else. I had to manually hold the coil in to get the motor running. (This is all easy stuff for me to deal with).
It appears that the bulk of what it was used for at the end of its prev owner was cutting off rod and bar stock (<.500"). Lots of pieces in the bottom around the column, and it had a cut off wheel mounted on the arbor, not a grinding wheel.
Mag chuck is clean with a few tiny chips out of it for lack of a better description. Handle moves easy and smooth.
Set up for a coolant pump electrically, but no pump, or plumbing/drain for it on the table.
The average price that I have seen these go for (of the same generation by appearance) is $2500.
What says the community? Take at that price, offer $$$?
Current price is $3250.00
What I know about it
Manuals, tools, a couple parts (Dust collection) and the OE warranty card inside cabinet.
Belonged to a tool and die shop. Kept in a separate room with other grinders/precision tooling on a dust collection system. No coolant.
Using an 8" precision level on a 2 x 4 x 6 block secured to the mag chuck in the middle, there is .0008 drop from full left to full right on X ~ right is low. .0002 on Y.
Ways and rollers are clean, no grit or buildup. No scoring that I could see by casual inspection without disassembly. Nothing nasty on the lead screw for Y either.
Unit has sat unused for 4 years. The last of 2 pieces of equipment the owner is liquidating (Original owner passed, now the daughter is selling). As in it has not sold for 4 years.
Motor runs and is quiet, no play that I could find. The switches are sketchy and the coil in the starter is iffy - blown fuse for sure, not sure what else. I had to manually hold the coil in to get the motor running. (This is all easy stuff for me to deal with).
It appears that the bulk of what it was used for at the end of its prev owner was cutting off rod and bar stock (<.500"). Lots of pieces in the bottom around the column, and it had a cut off wheel mounted on the arbor, not a grinding wheel.
Mag chuck is clean with a few tiny chips out of it for lack of a better description. Handle moves easy and smooth.
Set up for a coolant pump electrically, but no pump, or plumbing/drain for it on the table.
The average price that I have seen these go for (of the same generation by appearance) is $2500.
What says the community? Take at that price, offer $$$?
