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Moving Bridgeport mill from the UK to Germany ?

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saw:
Hi and welcome to us  :wave:

boardbuster:
Hi there,
I`m sorry for not replying earlier however I was outstationed.

Thanks for the warm welcome  :headbang:

Those dealers are a breed on their own ... and I know that most of them get the machinery for free provided they are able to empty a busted shop in one day.
Over here my experiences with them are plain simple: Catastrophic.

In a german tool-board the saying is:
In England you may purchase any machinery blindfolded before wasting your time with german dealers.
This is what they say. No kidding.

Again I contacted some dealers in the UK and  .... no reply.
Ok. It`s holiday-season but why aren`t any forwarders answering ?
Is my enquiry so unworthy ? So meagre ?
Man. This is getting on me.
The other fellow here, Michael, is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and I can`t get a lousy mill over here ?
This must be a joke  !
Someone wake me up please ?
... Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality ...
:bang:

Enough of ranting.
Have a nice weekend !

Rainer

Xldevil:
Hello,Rainer.

Ask at Iloxx
http://www.iloxx.de/net/home.aspx
Die haben meine Fräse gut und günstig transportiert.War allerdings innerhalb Deutschlands.

I would rather buy a new Warco or this Axminster beauty
http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-industrial-series-x6323a-turret-mill-prod810662/
than trying the fairly risky buy of a used Bridgeport.
AFAIK,Axminster is offering transport to Germany.

Cheers,Ralph

HS93:
also http://www.warco.co.uk/milling-machines/44-wm40-turret-mill---milling-machine.html  they will deliver to you direct

Peter

AdeV:
£5000 would buy a pretty damn good Bridgeport, I'd be willing to bet - not brand new, no, but a very good 2nd hand refurbished-to-new machine for sure.

Plus, I believe the upper end of the budget has already been set at around £3k - so putting both of those machines (good though they are) well outside.

Of course - the OP shouldn't be fixated on a Bridgeport - there are XYZ and Beaver machines out there which would do just as well, plus I imagine lots of other turret mills whos names I don't know.... even an older "universal" mill provided it has its vertical head. I guess the main advantage of a Bridgeport is its ubiquity - getting parts or service is unlikely to be much of a problem anywhere in the world...


www.palletline.co.uk can give you a quote for shipping a Bridgeport complete (no need to break it down for transport) from UK to Germany, you have to phone or e-mail, their quick quote calculator won't do it.

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