Helo together,
I bought mine in 2006/2007 and I was a little bit disapointed. I bought it with the a lever style collet closer installed, which wasn't. There was not much help from Matthew either, so I had to figure it out by myself.
Also the lever for the feed directions is a pain in the ass to operate, because it's difficult to get into the notch.
The tail stock quill is way to sloppy.
The plate underneath the the tail stock is not clamping right either
I forgot to mention that the feed selection lever at the carriage is very difficult to operate/change from longitudual feeds to cross feeds
Best regards
Klaus