A while ago I was given one of these.....catch was its in pieces ,and the pieces may be spread between three (or more) locations.......First pickup was relatively uneventful ,if you discount having an iron beam barely miss the sons company car,and the sons wife giving us an earfull for leaving the lathe bed under her kitchen window for 10 years......Second location ,no dramas ,but parts of two other lathes there too...ended up with parts that didnt belong ...and still the leadscrew and the spindle sliding piece with the grooves in it.missing......Third location was a challenge ,,,guy was a hoarder ,and had valuable old motorbikes he didnt want anyone to know about.After months of negotiation ,we got a look at his stuff ,.....he had nothing belonging to the lathe......Back to the second location ,this time came away with the leadscrew and the change slider......still some bits missing ,I had to make them.......and had a going lathe ,not 100%,but OK for a bit of effort....Fortunately the back bearing was trashed ,but the front double roller was in pieces ,but all there......Used a standard SKF taper roller in the rear .....no spring action ,no problem.