That is sad, a Rockwell Lathe is a machine of beauty. Very easy to learn on and very easy to do almost anything you'd want. Extremely dependable and hard to mistreat, I can't imagine how they treated her, sounds like something from my nightmares... I have an issue on mine with the Reeves Drive. Had to have the pulley rebuilt (when it failed, worn and loose) with a bushing and now it is very hard (almost impossible) to adjust speeds. At that point, I didn't have a second lathe to repair the Rockwell with. On the Yahoo Rockwell group, there is a guy who is known for being a parts source. If you are having issues locating parts that are not replaceable you might look him up, DICK TRIEMSTRA. They posted his phone number if you need it, I can private message it. I wouldn't want strangers posting my phone number all over the internet so... Where abouts is Victoria, Texas Ken? We are headed to Port Aransas on Sunday after some time in Tyler with my wifes Grandma.