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Originally Posted by Dan Burkhart
If you broaden your search for a spoke cutting/threading tool to include the Morizumi, you might have more luck. Used machines, both Phil Wood and Morizumi come up now and then on wheel building groups, but they do hold their value quite well so you will still pay a fair amount for a used machine.
For what it's worth, I have had my Morizumi for about 11 years, put more than 60,000 spokes through it with one change of the dies and still serving me faithfully. I could not run my shop without it.
Hi Dan.They are both great machines, but neither come up for second hand sale here. I have heard great things about both.The import tax from the US puts 20% on top of the shipping, and buying second hand over such a distance carries its own risk. I have a feeling it will be a new purchase. When I do set up shop it will be a business expense.
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