Tomthehammer Report post Posted September 19, 2019 I am looking for an affordable bell skiver. Can anyone help? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikesc Report post Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) Quote I am looking for an affordable bell skiver. Can anyone help? Defining "affordable" may get you more answers. There appears to be quite a range of prices for them. Edited September 19, 2019 by mikesc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt S Report post Posted September 19, 2019 Price of a basic, new bell-skiver, made in China and setup on a table with a motor and ready to go, hovers around $/£/€1000 from a brick-and-mortar dealer. You can go cheaper if you're willing to roll the dice on drop-shipping one directly from China, in which case you may have to contend with a poorly adjusted, poorly manufactured or damaged-in-transit machine that may not meet your local safety regulations or your working needs and no recourse to the seller if it goes wrong or was miss-sold. If you're not familiar with these machines you will have an even steeper learning curve than usual because you won't know if any errors are caused by the machine or operator. I got lucky finding a vintage Fortuna a short drive away from me when I needed one, for less money than a new one, and the old boy was kind enough to teach me the basics and demonstrate that the machine worked before I loaded it into the car. I don't know what the used machinery market is like around Ontario but I've seen at least a half-dozen similar skivers go for even fewer beer tokens since then, all within a reasonable drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikesc Report post Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) Here they are called "pareuse"..or "machine à parer les cuirs", similar pricing to the UK new ( Chinese) or used ( usually Italian ) in good condition.. Sample current page from a site that deals in pro equipment.. https://www.lecoindupro.com/Search.aspx?c=6072 bell-skivers do not hang about waiting for buyers, there are a lot of them about, but they are sought after ( personally I have no use for one, but if I found one for under €500.00 I know I could pretty much double my money in less than 7 days re-selling it )..that page had one, needed work for €240.oo..Too far to drive ( busy ATM )..but I'd have been tempted..just to sell it on once I'd cleaned, tuned and sharpened it. Edited September 19, 2019 by mikesc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted September 19, 2019 https://www.kijiji.ca/b-ontario/skiver/k0l9004?dc=true $3200 and another at $1800 or head only $1390 http://www.techsew.com/machinery/cutting-skiving-machines.html $1554 and up for new machines. Tom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomthehammer Report post Posted July 1, 2020 Thanks everyone. I went with a new Techsew skiver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
