[snip] I've been gathering this stuff for 30 years....and when I find a nice piece....almost invariably used, I snap it up. Dave
Nicely done Dave.
And that's how I've found my best bits. First comes education, . . you have to know what you are looking for and what the fair market for that item is, how much it should cost, and be willing to pay it. Sometimes the "bargain" is the opportunity to buy what you've been looking for (or stumbled across) at all. Often it takes quite a while to find the jewel amongst the gravel, so patience is required. I found my RTable and DHead, both jewels, after years of looking and making do.
Now all I have to do is figure out how, eventually, I'll manage to lift them to the mill table!