hey Curt!... well, a few things to consider... he does say that there are gears, just that they were never installed... when I purchased my used, 1800 Legacy, it was the opposite of this ebay machine... my machine was setup as a manual machine and all of the CNC upgrade kit was there, but never installed... so I wonder if Legacy sent out there CNC machines with both options, manual and CNC... of course, it would be wise to ask the seller for additional photos to see what "gears" he is referring to, and how complete are the gears... and also if the pieces are there that hold the gears and attach to the headstock... I never realistically gave it any consideration to set up my CNC equipment, as I never intended to do any hard core, repetitive work(and I have no computer programming expertise at all!)... so to answer the question, I would set it up as a manual machine... other points to consider, how much?... starting bid is $3,000, is there a reserve?... take away the CNC option, is it worth the price?... there are other 1800's selling for less(with a "make an offer" option!)... and why that Legacy 2000(or is it a 2200?) in California has not sold yet is a mystery to me...it has been on the market for a couple of years, I believe... it's asking price is less than this 1800 and it also has a "make an offer" option... and one knock I heard on the older-type legacy CNC's, was that all of the lead screws were very slow in operation... and why Legacy came out with a rack-and-pinion upgrade... I have never seen that upgrade in person or a photo of it, but it did speed things up quite a bit, from what I was able to find out... and last, but not least, is the inevitable "where is it and what is it going to cost to go get it" factor... anyway, wouldn't be a bad thing to find under the Christmas tree, so I guess it comes down to if you have been good or bad this year!... LOL!... Merry Christmas Eve guys!... enjoy the holidays... Joe B.
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