I a bought a CNC machine described as "in good working condition". Trusting sole as I have been. I drove out and checked the machine out myself. It was wired up off to the side and in running condition, the tool changer was mostly empty. I saw it do a few tool changes and ran the spindle with and without tools in it. A few red flags were there but I had wired the money in good faith prior.
That was a more than a month ago! I have not made any chips! I have owned many CNC's in the past, this is not my first for sure. I have gone through half my vacation time from my work trying to fix it. Now I'm looking at a scheduled visit from a tech to see if he can solve the problem. I have to take more vacation time for that, plus pay for the tech.
I spent a good chunk of saved up cash on a machine that is just sitting there. I am at wits end and it has put a major damper on the holiday.
The list of things I have reset or fixed is already more than I would like and more than I think any machine should have.
Is it ok to sell a machine advertised as "good working condition" and have it be not so? If it was held together just to make the sale.
What would you do?
That was a more than a month ago! I have not made any chips! I have owned many CNC's in the past, this is not my first for sure. I have gone through half my vacation time from my work trying to fix it. Now I'm looking at a scheduled visit from a tech to see if he can solve the problem. I have to take more vacation time for that, plus pay for the tech.
I spent a good chunk of saved up cash on a machine that is just sitting there. I am at wits end and it has put a major damper on the holiday.
The list of things I have reset or fixed is already more than I would like and more than I think any machine should have.
Is it ok to sell a machine advertised as "good working condition" and have it be not so? If it was held together just to make the sale.
What would you do?