I have one of these, a Bridgeport they are not, but are well ahead of an equivalent Chinese made machine. Well made with quality materials. There are a few quirks as Dave mentioned, with the M3 quill and also the 415volt 3 phase machines can't be reconfigured/rewired to run from 240v through a single to 3 phase inverter, you need to either find a 415volt 3 phase supply or have the motor rewound to operate on 240/220v. Not sure what your local supply voltage is but something to think about.
There is no draw bar, tooling is all M3 and held in the quill with a large nut or threaded collar - have I found it a problem ? no, I have made up a number of spacers to accommodate the various M3 tooling I have, and there is plenty of E series collet sets around that are more than up to the job. Make sure the collar is included - being removable it is easily separated from the machine. The gearbox has all straight cut gears and as straight cut gears are noisy they are a combination of Tufnol (a type of plastic) and steel, make sure the Tufnol gear are in good shape.
Earlier this year I fitted a 3 axis DRO as my eyesight is now getting a bit poor I think most would agree a worthwhile addition to any machine.
