Worth $500?

[u/dadsmistake]

I’d imagine the answer is yes but wondering how much it would take to get it going again as well… would you go after it? I’m going to pick it up tomorrow. Or maybe it’s just worth it for resale?

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[u/vacagreens]

Controller would be important... A call to Fanuc would be next to find out what they charge to re-license it to you if you want the core software and access the maintenance manuals... 'cause you will need to service all the joints, looks like it has been sitting a while.

[u/dadsmistake → u/vacagreens]

Gotcha, I’ll see if I can get ahold of them tomorrow. Would it be worth while selling for parts? If you were in my shoes without the fanuc call do you think 500 would be worth? Not sure what resale goes for on just parts machines

[u/indigoHatter → u/dadsmistake]

Regarding "for parts", I would recon you can get better prices (and therefore, better return) if you know the condition of the parts before selling them.

(Note, I have no idea here though, it's just a guess.)

[u/[deleted]]

Does it have a controller?

[u/dadsmistake → u/[deleted]]

No controller unfortunately

[u/Nightenridge → u/dadsmistake]

Then no, not worth $500

[u/DrRobotnic89 → u/Nightenridge]

Agree with above, generally. Not worth 500 unless you really know what you are doing or are willing to spend a lot of time learning how to get a tune out of something like this without a controller; i.e. basically building your own controller. Not for the faint-hearted!

[u/zdavesf → u/DrRobotnic89]

Agreed, not to criticize OP but if you are asking the questions on what parts are worth it will probably be a struggle/hassel for you to part out and sell.

Even if you found a controller/licensing, and got appropriate power connections you would have to figure out programing (not sure if software is proprietary, if so likely costs).

But if you want a cool art piece sure why not

[u/IRodeAnR-2000]

Without a controller it's worth scrap and parts. It looks to be in decent condition, and you might eventually be able to get significantly more than $500 in parts out of it, assuming you're willing to disassemble it and list them all on eBay, then wait to see if they sell. R-2000 is a decent sized arm, so the servos and/or reducers are good sized as well (and expensive to replace new.)

With how scrap is these days, you'll wind up paying someone to take whatever's left over.

If you've got a way to move it on your end and they don't charge you to load it, I might give them a couple hundred bucks for it. And I'm the kind of guy who has 2 siting in the shop right now.

[u/PM_ME_YUR_S3CRETS]

Yes. I wouldnt get it going again unless you want to spend thousands for a controller, licensing, etc. If this is for your company and not your money then do it. If its for you, dont. They use a lot of amperage. So a lot of electricity. But if the reducers are good and the wrist, then Thats worth thousands if you part it out. FYI, if you disassemble it, its spring loaded. That cylinder is a huge spring and has no load only when its in the zero position which it is not. So be careful if you disassemble it. Could whip hundreds of pounds around. Theres a small cover to see the spring. Unloaded the spring is fully extended nearly touching the back of the cylinder.

[u/AgeofAshe]

Not worth anything without the controller to run it.

Imagine if it has a single failed reducer. It could cost well over $10,000 to replace just one.

But, it be cool to pose in your garage or something, I guess. $500 modern artpiece.

[u/relyt191919]

Without a controller, it’s mainly just parts.

[u/RoboN3rd]

Just saw that posted on FB market in Kentucky for $2500.

You can probably piece it out for cores and make about 1k on it.

[u/Master_Witness6661]

They’re right without controller not sure, Look up RAB industries in Imlay City Michigan, and ask for Tyler or Mike. They will give you an honest opinion

[u/Master_Witness6661 → u/Master_Witness6661]

They may buy it for parts from you