[spv123]

I am throwing around the idea of buying a Sieg X3 and CNCing it. I have pretty much only seen two places that sell the machine, being Hare and Forbes and Titan Machines. Delivered I am looking at $2,000+ which seems on the steep side for an X3. Is there anywhere else that I should be looking? I am considering going direct to Sieg on an X3 or possibly a KX3 depending on price. The thing that really scares me are the wharf and logistics fees and import duties. An acquaintance purchased a greenhouse for his garden from China a few years back and was hit with $800 in fees to get it off the wharf and to his door. I assume with a KX3 I would be hit will all sorts of import duties, up to 30%?

[pearldiver]

I am throwing around the idea of buying a Sieg X3 and CNCing it. I have pretty much only seen two places that sell the machine, being Hare and Forbes and Titan Machines. Delivered I am looking at $2,000+ which seems on the steep side for an X3. Is there anywhere else that I should be looking? I am considering going direct to Sieg on an X3 or possibly a KX3 depending on price. The thing that really scares me are the wharf and logistics fees and import duties. An acquaintance purchased a greenhouse for his garden from China a few years back and was hit with $800 in fees to get it off the wharf and to his door. I assume with a KX3 I would be hit will all sorts of import duties, up to 30%?

I would suggest to just buy it locally here in Australia. There is high risk of getting a defective units since they are China made :-( They have a reputation of bad quality control. You will have better peace of mind if you just buy it from a reputable dealer. Also, your machine gets a one year warranty :-)

Get Sieg X3 if you plan to retrofit it with a CNC kit. You could get a good retrofit kit for that unit at Melbourne PROMiCA - CNCKits

[Coxsteve]

The trick to overseas purchases is finding the right people you can trust to handle everything otherwise when doing it yourself you get caught with stuff such as "Dehiring Fees".
I kid you not a Friend bought 25 Mustangs and a Corvette in from America when he took redundancy from Caltex Refinery years ago,Hiring a Semi to transport vehicles from the Wharf to a Customs Clearance House they neglected to tell him there was such a thing as a "Dehiring Fee" so having a Semi sitting around for three days like a Taxi with a running Meter on Steroids gets rather expensive,It is not just duties etc where you can blow any percieved savings from direct purchase unless well schooled and knowledgeable.

[kiwibrick]

Try machineryhouse.com.au they have the X3 for less than $2k

[imperative]

I have an X3 fitted with a Promica kit. I could be tempted to part with it for a reasonable offer - Probably done around 30 hours work. Reason for selling - upgrade to a purpose built cnc machine.

Machinery House/Hare and Forbes - same place.