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I bought a lathe! It's a 9" south bend ~24 inch center to center (or how long of a piece you can turn). It needs a belt so I still haven't used it yet, but I did get it out of the van and into the garage. I had to separate the lathe from the table to fit the table in the van. I didn't take any pictures of getting the lathe out of the van because I did it after work one night at 2am. It's a little rough, but hopefully with a little TLC it will clean up well and work better than it looks.

It came with the tailstock, another chuck (both 3 jaw though), a live center, some brazed carbide cutting tools, and a taper attachment. I think one of the first things I am going to do after getting it going is a quick change tool post. So much more convenient than the old style tool holder on it.

I only have 2 "immediate" uses for it. When I try to combine the axle shafts for my metro/mercury swap and I can make dies for the bead roller instead of having to search and buy a set I can just turn some down.