I'm mostly loacted in Ottawa but I spend a lot of time in Windsor as well. I bought the lathe in Windsor from a guy who said he had it for about 8 years. It didn't seem like he used it all that much, and I think he bought it in the same condition as what he sold me. It did come with some extra gears , which I believe are the change gears, a chuck key and few other small items. I got it for a little more than 400 bucks , which I thought was a good deal at the time but looking at it now I'll probably need to spend a decent chunk on a few parts to make it work like its intended to.
The machine mostly works, as mentioned the entire back gear assembly is missing, the black ball handle on the belt tensioner is missing .. I ordered a similar one from ebay , should be here from China in about 2 months .. The chuck in the tail stock doesn't seem to have the correct shank as it spins freely while inside the stock. It's not a morse taper, so I'm assuming once I replace the shank it should work fine.
I think the only item I will need to order from the link above is possibly the handle for the cross carriage. The one it has on it right now is home made and although it does the job I would prefer to have something that resembles the original
The rest of the lathe appears to be all there, I will still need to set it up on my bench but once I do I'll attach a few pics
as for pricing, yes .. its astronomical indeed, especially for what it is, not to mention the import fees if you're ordering outside of Canada.. and the odds are it will be. The other problem is that some people, especially on ebay , will not ship to Canada. Pre covid, I used to order everything I needed to a mail box service in Detroit that was operated by a company and for about 5 bucks per package, I was able to get whatever I needed to be delivered there. Too bad that is not an option right now since I found a couple of parts sold seperately that I could piece together to form the back gears but a lot of them won't deliver up here, so I guess this will just have to be a slow restoration project.
