Hi Bill,
Congrats on your pro too!!! I'm also getting the old style stand. I could wait 6 weeks for the new ones to come in, but I kinda spent that money on the rotary table. I may order the new stand later, but if this one works okay, I may just stick with it.
The lathe is a HF 9x20 that was converted by a previous owner. He said he made all the parts himself, but it looks identical to the Thompson conversion kit. I'm not positive this link will work right....I did a search of my own youtube channel and this is the page it came up with. I've got a lot of video posted of the tear down and assembly. It's probably the most in depth look at a conversion like this that I've seen yet. I've come across some nice write ups with pics, but video seems to give a lot more depth and perspective. I guess I could find the 9x20 forum on here and put them all on a thread there.
https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U&sq=9x20
Yep.....I can't answer the oiler question yet
I didn't see a build thread for your pro in the list of threads you've started.......did I miss it?
Thanks!!
Mike