gorton pantograph milling machine in Ok.

63Kcode said:
One of these is on my wish list. I just haven't been a good boy this year. I am posting this in hopes it will make someone elses dreams come true!

http://cgi.ebay.com/gorton-pantogra...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a00cef1bc

Larry
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They were the Cadillac of Pantomills in their day but I'm afraid that that day is long gone. CNC has just plain ole pushed them out of the picture. They are so big and heavy that few small time users have the room for them and larger users have gone to CNC. I doubt if they sell that at that price. I've seen people having trouble selling them at 1/2 that price. I was at a machine tool auction about 15 years ago and they tried auctioning off a almost new Dickle, which is a very well made German counterpart to the Gortan. They started the bidding at 25,000.00 and kept dropping the starting bid all the way down to 100.00 and that is what it sold for.

Dick
 
rhncue said:
They were the Cadillac of Pantomills in their day but I'm afraid that that day is long gone. CNC has just plain ole pushed them out of the picture. They are so big and heavy that few small time users have the room for them and larger users have gone to CNC. I doubt if they sell that at that price. I've seen people having trouble selling them at 1/2 that price. I was at a machine tool auction about 15 years ago and they tried auctioning off a almost new Dickle, which is a very well made German counterpart to the Gortan. They started the bidding at 25,000.00 and kept dropping the starting bid all the way down to 100.00 and that is what it sold for.

Dick
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That's the way I see it too. These pantos go for slightly above scrap value. Be patient Larry and you'll find a Gorton or Deckel for less than it will cost to move it.

Dave <-- dreams of a Deckel FP1 to go along side the equally-dreamy Hardinge HVL-EM
 
Thanks for the info. At $100 I would buy it. Today I just bought a large Cincinnati Mill for $500. Will move it tommorrow. I like the old large equiptment because it can be used for so much more than cues and I don't have to worry about someone stealing them.

Larry
 
63Kcode said:
Thanks for the info. At $100 I would buy it. Today I just bought a large Cincinnati Mill for $500. Will move it tommorrow. I like the old large equiptment because it can be used for so much more than cues and I don't have to worry about someone stealing them.

Larry
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You can't beat a Cincinnati Mill. That's the kind of stuff that's being sold for scrap now-a-days. Machine shops have about all went to CNC for economic reasons (fewer highly trained machinists and more low pay part handlers) and that type of equipment is just to large for home work shops. You could turn a Bridgeport mill in a Cincinnati #2 mill. Serious equipment. Machine tools are what put Cincinnati on the map and the Cincinnati ( Cincinnati Milling machine, later becoming Cincinnati Milicron) and LeBlond were probably builders of the finest equipment in the world in their hay day. They are about all gone now.

Dick
 
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Kinda sad when you think about it, we live in a disposable world.
They don't make anything like they used to.
 
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