Many thanks for the info. There seem to be a huge number of very similar verions of this basic design. The photos all look very similar but the detailed specs vary ever so slightly - like the travels and the machine weight.
Thanks for the Arco recomendation will enquire about a shipping to Ireland

The thing about the Cromweel version is that they have a Dublin outlet called TED
www.ted.ieWhat are the pitches of the feed screws? I think they are imperial and 16 tpi so one complete rev. is 62.5 thou.
One last question: Is it better to buy the collet set or the more expensive ER25 or ER32 sets?
My old myford ML7 just has a set of collets!
I assume its because with the ER set its much quicker to change the collets as you don't touch the drawbar.
I know more about lathes than mills!
Talking of which must finish off the renovation of a little Centec 2 Horizontal mill!