VB 36 Master bowlturner Lathe for sale

[John. B]

Iv'e just been sent an email from the secretary of our turning club,
and has given permission to repeat it here if there is anyone interested.

Dear secretary

The following item may be of interest to your members.

Due to semi - retirement and a downsize of my workshop, I have for sale my VB 36 Master bowlturner ( no tailstock) as the lathe was purchased purely for bowl and platter turning.

It is the high stand model, and comes complete with toolrest beam, 300mm straight rest, deep hollowing rest,

140 and 200mm faceplates, 33mm x 3.5mm and 1inch x 12tpi backplate adaptors, reducing sleeves to take 1inch toolrests, set of spare drive belts, operators manual plus VB lube and grease gun.

Having recently been fitted with new WEG frequency inverter/selectronic variable speed controller, the lathe is in excellent condition, has been well looked after, having had only light use as a second lathe. Any trial welcome.

As VB's very rarely appear on the market, the saving against buying new is considerable.

Price £3.000 or very nearest offer.

Contact Alan Southworth by email or Tel. 01254 727314


I believe that phone code is in the Blackburn area.

John. B

 

[wizer]

these things are like buses :lol:

 

[Bodrighy]

these things are like buses :lol:

Yeah, cost a fortune and never where you want them.

Pete

 

[petercharlesfagg]

I am very interested and would dearly like to purchase but as with most things like this, they always come on to the market when I have no funds!

Peter.

 

[Bodrighy]

Just think how big a platter you could turn with one Peter :lol:

There are a couple on flea bay at the moment though what pricwe they'll go for is anyone's guess. There also seem to be a lot of Graduates, Wadkins, Viceroys etc. Don't know why.

Pete

 

[wizer]

Judging by a couple of recent sales, this is vastly over priced.

 

[Bodrighy]

Correction.

Someone just pointed out to me that there don't seem to be any VB's on ebay at present. I have seen some fairly recently but hadn't checked if they were still there so I apologise.

Pete

 

[Scrums]

It's only about 40 miles to Blackburn from here......

no....can't afford it......

well, maybe if......no,no,no....

perhaps - it's my birthday next month......

nahh, Mrs scrums is bound to notice it.......hmmmm......

 

[ALAN SOUTHWORTH]

Iv'e just been sent an email from the secretary of our turning club,
and has given permission to repeat it here if there is anyone interested.

Dear secretary

The following item may be of interest to your members.

Due to semi - retirement and a downsize of my workshop, I have for sale my VB 36 Master bowlturner ( no tailstock) as the lathe was purchased purely for bowl and platter turning.

It is the high stand model, and comes complete with toolrest beam, 300mm straight rest, deep hollowing rest,

140 and 200mm faceplates, 33mm x 3.5mm and 1inch x 12tpi backplate adaptors, reducing sleeves to take 1inch toolrests, set of spare drive belts, operators manual plus VB lube and grease gun.

Having recently been fitted with new WEG frequency inverter/selectronic variable speed controller, the lathe is in excellent condition, has been well looked after, having had only light use as a second lathe. Any trial welcome.

As VB's very rarely appear on the market, the saving against buying new is considerable.

Price £3.000 or very nearest offer.

Contact Alan Southworth by email or Tel. 01254 727314


I beleve that phone code is in the Blackburn area.

John. B

 

[John. B]

Welcome Alan, to the forum.
I hope you didn't mind me putting your letter to Jon on our forum?
I considered your advert would be worth widening to people who care about woodworking. 8)

John. B

 

[ALAN SOUTHWORTH]

Hi John
I'm fine with that, thanks for thinking of it.

Regards

Alan

Welcome Alan, to the forum.
I hope you didn't mind me putting your letter to Jon on our forum?
I considered your advert would be worth widening to people who care about woodworking. 8)

John. B

 

[ALAN SOUTHWORTH]

Actually, based on new prices, this VB 36 is quite modestly priced, and as used VB's very rarely appear on the market represents excellent value.

Judging by a couple of recent sales, this is vastly over priced.

 

[big soft moose]

Actually, based on new prices, this VB 36 is quite modestly priced, and as used VB's very rarely appear on the market represents excellent value.

Judging by a couple of recent sales, this is vastly over priced.

yep but you cant price second hand by new - wizer has a point - the last one i saw for sale was nearly a grand cheaper than yours.

that said my opinion is that the VB36 is overpriced when new too - yes its a good lathe but IMO its not that much better than the competition

 

[wizer]

Actually, based on new prices, this VB 36 is quite modestly priced, and as used VB's very rarely appear on the market represents excellent value.

Judging by a couple of recent sales, this is vastly over priced.

Welcome to the forum Alan. I'm sure it hurts to see it devalued so much. But a couple of these have changed hands recently over a grand cheaper than you're selling it. It's a fantastic lathe and I'm sure you'll get a sale. Are you giving up turning or just changing lathes?

 

[Blister]

I gave Alan a ring to see if he wanted to sell some extras , that would go nice with my VB , but Alas , the offer was rejected as Alan wants to seel it all in one go :?

Never mind , will see what else turns up :lol:

 

[big soft moose]

I gave Alan a ring to see if he wanted to sell some extras , that would go nice with my VB , but Alas , the offer was rejected as Alan wants to seel it all in one go :?

Never mind , will see what else turns up :lol:

you could just buy the whole thing from him, strip out the bits you want then sell the basic BGM to tom - tom could finance that by selling the BRM to me (at a huge loss natch)- and i could finance that by selling my BWM to someone else you know it makes sense

 

[Blister]

I gave Alan a ring to see if he wanted to sell some extras , that would go nice with my VB , but Alas , the offer was rejected as Alan wants to seel it all in one go :?

Never mind , will see what else turns up :lol:

you could just buy the whole thing from him, strip out the bits you want then sell the basic BGM to tom - tom could finance that by selling the BRM to me (at a huge loss natch)- and i could finance that by selling my BWM to someone else you know it makes sense

Err :?

run that by me again . I got lost half way along the thread

 

[wizer]

Pete. Shut Up :lol:

 

[ALAN SOUTHWORTH]

I can not speak for the condition of the lathes you refer to, nor can you I suspect. As for the 'new' price, you get what you pay for. And the VB 36 is by far the finest lathe on the market today. As an engineer I can gategorically say that the build quality of the VB 36 is second to none and this is reflected by the demand for new VB's by both professional and serious amateur woodturners both here and abroad who are prepared to wait the 8 - 12 weeks for delivery, as the lathes are built to order in the UK.

Actually, based on new prices, this VB 36 is quite modestly priced, and as used VB's very rarely appear on the market represents excellent value.

Judging by a couple of recent sales, this is vastly over priced.

yep but you cant price second hand by new - wizer has a point - the last one i saw for sale was nearly a grand cheaper than yours.

that said my opinion is that the VB36 is overpriced when new too - yes its a good lathe but IMO its not that much better than the competition

 

[big soft moose]

I can not speak for the condition of the lathes you refer to, nor can you I suspect. As for the 'new' price, you get what you pay for. And the VB 36 is by far the finest lathe on the market today. As an engineer I can gategorically say that the build quality of the VB 36 is second to none and this is reflected by the demand for new VB's by both professional and serious amateur woodturners both here and abroad who are prepared to wait the 8 - 12 weeks for delivery, as the lathes are built to order in the UK.

Actually, based on new prices, this VB 36 is quite modestly priced, and as used VB's very rarely appear on the market represents excellent value.

Judging by a couple of recent sales, this is vastly over priced.

yep but you cant price second hand by new - wizer has a point - the last one i saw for sale was nearly a grand cheaper than yours.

that said my opinion is that the VB36 is overpriced when new too - yes its a good lathe but IMO its not that much better than the competition

I'm not looking for an argument alan - i hope you get a sale - but if you dont you'll know that tom and I were right - I genuinely hope that in your case we arent.

that said if the VB is such a fantastically well engineered and heavily constructed piece of kit which will last for ever and a day, then there is no reason to belive that the others we saw for sale were in anything less than fine working order also