!!!SOURCED!!! - WTB Single Group project machine.

[Hoggy42]

Yes it is, I've done three machines in the last 12 months, a VBM, an Izzo and an ECM. I paid $500 or less for each of them; you'll have to budget more than that including the replacement parts, of course, but the only one that's nudging a $1k spend is the Izzo where I replaced the vibe pump with a rotary pump and DC variable speed drive.

That being said, one of the most common reasons people let these go is that the electronic controller is dead or dying and if you have to pay for a new one it will make a significant hole in your budget. I get around this by using a controller I designed and built myself, much cheaper and more reliable than the originals.

As a point of interest do you sell those unit's you make yourself?

I've been on the lookout for one of these machines for a while now on Facebook Market Place, Gumtree, Ebay and it seems very hard to anything. I've been trying to work out where they go when they die.

[level3ninja]

Yes it is, I've done three machines in the last 12 months and paid $500 or less for each of them. More than that including the replacement parts, of course but the only one that's nudging a $1k spend included replacing the vibe pump with a rotary pump and DC variable speed drive.

What's the drive running/why?

[Lyrebird]

I'm looking for a Single group machine to repair or restore ... ideally like to spend under $500 I've no idea if that's realistic or not.

Yes it is, I've done three machines in the last 12 months, a VBM, an Izzo and an ECM. I paid $500 or less for each of them; you'll have to budget more than that including the replacement parts, of course, but the only one that's nudging a $1k spend is the Izzo where I replaced the vibe pump with a rotary pump and DC variable speed drive.

That being said, one of the most common reasons people let these go is that the electronic controller is dead or dying and if you have to pay for a new one it will make a significant hole in your budget. I get around this by using a controller I designed and built myself, much cheaper and more reliable than the originals.

[Jackster]

I have been thinking/wondering how hard it would be to convert a 2 group to a single group. A fair amount of work I know...
Including shortening the boiler and frame and remaking/refolding a few panels. But they are cheap...
Maybe a bit more work than your thinking.

[Hoggy42]

I'm looking for a Single group machine to repair or restore ideally I'd love something like a Expobar Minore, Vibiemme or ECM Rocket something along those lines.

I know it's a long shot I have no idea what's out there ideally like to spend under $500 I've no idea if that's realistic or not.