The new lathe arrived last evening from Woodstock International.
It's new. Paint is good. Gap block was match-ground to the bed. Motor circuitry was correctly done, and ran the first time. All gearboxes were filled with oil. No missing parts, no loose bearings, no garbage in the chip tray.
The coolant pump switch is mis-adjusted (runs, but has to be "twiddled" to top-dead-center), but that just takes pulling an escutcheon panel to fix.
They did it all at their expense, and cut me a refund to cover expenses and trouble.
Considering I expected a several-weeks-long fight over this, they have turned me around. They may sell "economy" Chinese hardware, but their customer service is top-class.
LLoyd