Once maybe every 2 years I hit the mother lode. My day was yesterday.
You can see some tooling and accessories on the 3" thick solid wood bench. What you don't see is over 200 pounds of more tooling and fixtures below and on the ground around the machine. The place was a mess and it took me 3 hours and a forklift to get it out and in my PU.
I don't even know what all I have yet but I counted 5 chucks, 2 tailstocks and 2 complete multi tool posts as well as collets out the gazoo.
All for $500.
The South Bend 9" lathe will undergo a complete restoration and live in my shop replacing an inferior metal lathe that won't cut threads.
I plan on doing a number on the bench and making a perfect steampunk dining table and asking a grand for it. That might work here in L.A. Some of these things are pretty cool but I'm not going that far.
