awesome purchase. just check if there are any zamac /zink parts on your machine and if so check for cracks, older emcos have one problem, called Zinkpest in german. the zamac alloy has impuritys and somehow a internal oxidation letds the parts crumble. from the outside not visible but it is vwery common. emcomat7 and prior machines i often see this issue. but beside that, they are perfect model engineer machines, i am a emco user myself and love my compact 8