If you want to do threading on it, you may need to dig up different size change gears for it. The ad doesn't mention including any change gears.
And it's the same with my lathe that I inherited from my dad. It's a Force International 1440, googling only told me that House of Tools (long since it went out of business) used the name as a house brand. It works reasonably well, just no information about it. There is an old-timer working at the Busy Bee Tools store that also has a F.I. lathe, that I've been pestering for information about it, but he's my only source of info.
And it's the same with my lathe that I inherited from my dad. It's a Force International 1440, googling only told me that House of Tools (long since it went out of business) used the name as a house brand. It works reasonably well, just no information about it. There is an old-timer working at the Busy Bee Tools store that also has a F.I. lathe, that I've been pestering for information about it, but he's my only source of info.