Re: I need an all purpose machine

Posted by John in Ct on January 10, 2005 at 16:11:46 from (192.233.162.164):

In Reply to: I need an all purpose machine posted by ETD66SS on January 10, 2005 at 09:45:40:

Just my thoughts. A 450 is just tooooo small for what you want to do. Concider a bigger machine, an older D-6,D-7, D-8, TD-15, TD-20, Alice Charmis. A lot of times you can buy a bigger machine for a lot less than you think because everybody wants a 450 to play around with. I had a D-7F that I paid $13,000 for many years ago that would have been the ideal machine for what you want to do. Granted it NEEDED WORK ( a gallon of oil a day etc) but I took my time with it and was able to do what I needed to do Also, don't worry about the undercarrage. If you are going to be doing production work, ok maintain it fully to factory specs but if your machine is so so, it should still be able to get your job done. A lot of times it is cheaper to let the whole undercarrage wear out to junk because to maintain it right, you would probably have to replace everything. Example, my pins need turning but now I see that my rollers are worn a lot too, there is lots of wear on the links, my sprockets need to be replaced because they are worn and will now wear the turned pins faster etc. The only downside is when something breaks it will cost $$$$$ to fix. I have had 3 450's and know that they are toys. I got a D4D and it will do atleast twice the work.

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