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opinion on this lathe?

All I have right now is a pic:

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I had never heard of YAM before, but the little I can find on the web seems to indicate it is pretty good Japanese iron.

It is $5000 obo, which I think is a bit high? Assuming it can be cleaned up, what is a "fair" price for a machine like this, and would it be a good first lathe? The advantage is that it is local pickup, so I can check it out.

Thanks,

Rick

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That is a heavy 14-40 with the cast iron base and a DRO. Well worth five grand if it works. Probably $24k new, believe it or not. I had a YAM lathe come through a year or so ago and wish I'd kept it - it was NICE. Might be

440 only though, look into it carefully.

Grant

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Thanks Grant...I will check it out.

Rick

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