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MakkyBrown

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Tell him he's dreamin
« on: December 30, 2020, 08:50:29 PM »
Sorry quote from the Castle was the first thing that came to mind when I noticed this not so gemmy gemmasta. Nice water tank :). If you were is Alice it might be worth a couple of hundred, then refubish. Just hope a newbie doesn't buy it.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GEMMASTA-/184597980679?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10

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Re: Tell him he's dreamin
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2020, 12:05:13 PM »
I had the the guy send me a video of it runing last week, the motor is really noisey.

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Re: Tell him he's dreamin
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2020, 12:20:07 PM »
It reminds me of a machine that was forsale sometime ago in Darwin $500 including other gemmasta machines. Might be the same one, the mast looks rusty, hand piece rubber disintegrating. It might not have had a lot of use just left sitting for years in a humid environment. You could probably put a chinese motor/pwm speed controllers on it for a couple of hundred. Be ok if you could get it cheap enough and fully rebuild.
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Re: Tell him he's dreamin
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2020, 02:15:50 PM »
The guy is only using it as a flat lap for opal.

 

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