I currently own a south bend 9c which is a nice machine and I love it but I do not have the change gears for threading and the spindle hole is too small for my barrel work, that being said, I was recently offered a HF/Central Machinery 12x36, he stated he purchased it new probably ten years ago, turned a few things down on it and never really got into metal work and left it setting until now, he did occasionally go out and start it and stated sometimes he would have to hit the switch a couple of times before the machine would start, he said he thinks it came with a steady rest but it's been so long he couldn't remember what came with it, he says he thinks it's worth around 500.00 maybe negotiable, I believe this machine has about 1.5" spindle hole which would be handy, but even for cheap I don't need something that is not worth working with, my question is, is this a capable machine for facing and threading barrels and general matching duties, a hobby machine, also what would have come with the machine from HF ? Two chucks ? Change gears ? Would the extra gears be for metric threading only? Thanks in advance.