Depends on what kind of shape it is in, but $2000 isn't a bad price. I did prefer the A to the B. Both the on/off switch, and the variable speed switch wear out eventually. Depending on how it was used, the bearings and belt may be needing to be replaced. The earliest ones had a small fan on the bottom of the phase converter, and I had to put a screen over the top of the fins to keep the fan from stopping.... It also had a cast iron pressure plate on the bottom of the headstock. You do not want that as mine broke when coring some black locust. It also had, on the slow speed range, speeds down to almost 0, rather than turning off at 50 rpm. I used that speed range for sanding my warped bowls, very handy. Low speed range went up to 1500, which I prefer to the 1200 on the B, which for me was too slow for smaller bowls, and the lathe didn't like coring with the McNaughton on the high speed range.... Sold mine to a friend, and we took it all apart and put the pieces in his VW Jetta, the bed in the front passenger seat..... His car was floating around on the road..... Should have gotten a video....
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