Axminster lathe M950

Bought this from e Bay, The seller lived in Truro Cornwall, and I live in Weymouth Dorset luckily for me he works near Exeter and I have friends who live in Exeter so we met there.

Just wondering what you guys thought of it for value for money. I bought the complete lathe for £225

This is the Axminster M950, I paid £225 for it and the contents of the following four photos.






When he turned up he had further extras with him as well, so lucky for me I had extra cash on me, he then offered me all the following chisel that you will see for a £160 making a grand total of £385. We settled for £380.

hamlet, Henry Taylor, crown chisel, Homemade attempts and a set of hamlet chisels



This is the only damage I could find, I can't imagine why the gearing indicator plate is bent up and bugled like that? think I need to investigate further inside the head housing, apart from that slight damage I got it all bolted loosely back together at the moment just to get the motor running which it does gears all seem to be OK, so guys honest opinion, please