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If you’ve been considering purchasing equipment at machinesused.com, Section 179 gives you one more reason to move forward before years’ end.

People with older Haases have a bunch of Vactra 2 oil laying around for the lubrication of their machines. If this Vactra 2 is used in the machines designed for the Synthetic Mobil, the lube system can become clogged and stop delivering oil to the spindle resulting in failure.

I get, and have to ask the following question a lot.  Does this has machine have a 2-speed gearbox?  This video will show you how to tell if a Haas VF CNC Machine has an operational 2-speed gearbox.  Enjoy.

When you find a used Haas Rotary table out there and want to know if it will run with your machine. How do you do it?

Online Auction Closes Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Starting at 10AM CT.  Traub CNC, Index CNC, Zeiss DCC CMM, Precision Turning Facililty Closing, Webster City, IA

From the 1990's thru 2006 - Haas Controls were the 32 Bit Processor Type - Here is how to find the hours on that control.

Follow these guidelines to reduce the risk of shipping damage to industrial equipment and manufacturing tools. 

Please take this oportunity to share your experiences with delays in the availability of new machinery.  How long have you had to wait for new machines?  Which brands and types are available quickly? Which are not? We want to hear your story. 

A well-trained equipment appraiser will often go the extra mile and make a phone call to the manufacturer of the CNC machine. It's a professional practice that may avoid a costly mistake. It's especially important when there are multiple serial-number and manufacture-date tags on the same machine. 

Supply chain challenges mean continued strong demand for machine shop tools and industrial manufacturing equipment. This small machine shop auction brought in good numbers for the machine shop owners in January. The business owners manufactured gun components of their own design at this facility. Last year they sold the product rights and decided to close the machine shop. Bids matched or exceeded our projections for most all of the items in the sale. Having nice looking Haas CNC Machines in the sale always help draw a crowd of bidders...

This Haas VM-3 CNC Vertical Machining Center has been shipped from Machinesused.com to a machine shop in Princeton, Minnesota, to make parts for US Defense. 

Made in America! Making parts in America ... to defend America!

Here's a video showing how to find the Hours on a Machine with a Fanuc Control

Was rifling through our YouTube Channel the other day, and I stumbled across this Video showing how to Install the Shipping Bracket on a Haas CNC Vertical. 

Here's a video to help you find the actual Hour Screen on a Haas Control with Coldfire Processor

I was kind of excited to go down to Memphis in January to lot our upcoming Online Auction.  Not only about an auction full of realy nice CNC Machines and Tooling, but to go to Beale Street in the evenings and listen to music and eat barbecue!.  I was more than a bit dismayed when ...

Happy New Year, Welcome 2020 – A New Decade! What could this mean for Equipment Values? 

Believe it or not, this is my 4th New Decade in the Industry.  I started my journey in the Used Industrial Equipment business in the late 80’s, so I have seen the decade turn 4 times now.  It seems ...

We just closed our Host Machine Inc. Online Auction in Clarissa, MN. This online machinery auction featured MANY different types of machines, equipment, tooling and workholding, including several late model Haas VMC's as well as several late model Doosan CNC Lathes. If you were looking to expand your current capabilities with a new lathe or VMC, this was definitely the auction to bid in. All of the CNC lathes and VMC's were late model and in pristine condition. As of right now the building is currently up for sale as well. Here are just a couple pictures of the facility and the machines that were auctioned off:

Late Model Machine Tools, Tooling and Accessories from Closing Aerospace Shop AND Machine Tools From Tool & Die Shop That is Renovating Their Facililty...read more

If you are in the market for industrial equipment, check our current July online auction. Lotting is underway now! Bidding begins on Friday, July 24.

In a matter of a short time by human standards, the development of the manufacture of goods has gone from by-hand to by-machine.  The advantages of the modern CNC machine over those made by hand are many.