Welcome Bob, just noticed we're in the same neighbourhood, The Southbends have been in this country for many years. In fact if you did metalwork at school there's a good chance you learnt on either a Southbend or a Hercus (and a Hercus is actually a Southbend copy). Since Hercus closed shop its a case of buy asian or fork out the dollars for the good stuff. I own a Workman 250 x 550 (aka Grizzly G0602) see them in Paramount browns under their brand name or get them from Ozmestore on ebay (based at Pt Adelaide). I've hacked the daylights out of mine and still haven't finished. Been having a spell lately, but its a lot better than when I first got it. You'll find it here on this site detailing some of what I've done to it. There's a lot of guys here with the same unit and others. Love reading about their tribulations too. Been a very interesting journey.
regards Alby