A pic of the power-plant would be nice. The drive on this thing is interesting and I suspect a good part of the value in the machine.
Nice crane! That is something i need to get, ideally one easy to knock down.That said, here is a picture of the lathe being hoisted onto my home-made bench.
Oops. You should tell her sharing leads to happiness. Thankfully I have most of my basement allocated to "shop".The bench is 3 ft tall x 4 ft long. Don't laugh, I had to do that operation in the "non-workshop" part of the basement....my wife nearly had a fit...