I tried to buy the 3990 today.? This was through a real estate agent that was trying to get a property ready to sell.? Owner was an older woman that didn't know anything about the tools and her husband was an invalid.? Real estate agent asked me if the thing next to the lathe was part of the lathe - it was a hydraulic press.??

Deal was $1000 and I got to pick up lathe bits that I could find.? We got over there and there was a bucket on the lathe that had a steady rest and a few tool holders in two sizes.? I spun the spindle by hand to check that everything was moving and turned on the motor.? Tensioned the belts and the spindle started spinning.? Then I hit the feed.? Nothing moved so I went looking for what I had set incorrectly.? Then I noticed that there was no leadscrew.? Looked back at the gear box and saw lots of bad weld blobs.? Lead screw had been cut off at the gear box.? It looked like he was set up to make a specific plastic part.? He had bins of older computer chips so it may have been some small time manufacturing.? He also had a tool post grinder box with no grinder in it.

There was also another shed with another lathe - small Sears after they stopped selling Atlas as Craftsman.? That one had the Dumore tool post grinder mounted on it.? Also a few measuring tools.

I gave the real estate agent some suggestions and we came home.? 7 gallons og gas and a $28 UHaul rental.

If anyone is interested in the lathe or tool post grinder I can put you in touch with the agent.? It is located in Hamburg NY (near Buffalo).

Picture of the welding on the gearbox.?

Dave