I had a budget of $1600 (from the sale of some old tractor stuff) to buy a milling machine. I was going to buy a new Grizzly bench top machine but decided to check the local Craig’s list. Saw an auction for a closing machine shop and won a Taiwanese clone of a 2 HP Bridgeport J head for under $1k out the door (a thrill getting it home on a borrowed trailer). This was the source of an earlier question about voltage and 1 to 3 phase converters. After some serious cleaning I was pleased to see that it is in excellent condition. Only needed some minor knobs, small parts, and adjustments and serious cleaning and it’s almost like new. The ways are tight and the X and Y screws only have .003” play. I have since added an Igage 3 axis DRO. Also bought about $200 in some tooling. I found that most, but not all, of the bolts are Whitworth.