I have to be honest Randy, if I were starting out again I too would buy the Sincere Clocks lathe. Everything is so much cheaper and new! I have bought a few used items that have seen better days, trying to build up a good kit ends up costing a fortune. I am even toying with the idea of selling everything I have and starting again with one of these, if you check out the price of their complete kit I think it still comes out under £1000, try building a complete kit around an old lathe for that!
I am with you on loving the older tools but it does bug me when I could really use a 3 jaw chuck and I don’t have one, or a pivoting attachment and I don’t have one.
Just my 2 cents 
Paul.
p.s. this question is for David – how accurate are the sincere clocks collets? have you run a gauge on them?
Paul.
