Should I buy this lathe? (Been crashed)

This reply is more than a year later.

I own the same lathe, although another name. My nephew that is a Lathe expert with 35 years of precision machining experience on lathes, just serviced mine. His opinion is that this lathe is vergood in comparison with other Eastern imports. We just replaced the spindle bearings, and O-rings in the auto feed Apron. He adjusted the Tool slide, Carriage and Saddle. The play on all the spindles was also adjusted. The Lathe feels as new now. I was on the verge of buying a new machine and thus own him a lot. I did the cleaning and painting and assisted with the other work. See attached files.

Looks really clean! I am thinking to take mines apart for service sometime soon.

(BTW this is an old thread, and I did end up picking it up. Loving it, love the 1.625 spindle through bore!!)
 
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