[Shop-talk] Identifying taper and threading attachments on a lathe

[scott.hall.personal at gmail.com (Scott Hall)]

So I'm looking around online for a lathe.  A lot of the descriptions are 
incomplete, and when I ask specifically, they're usually sold by brokers 
that say, "Look at the picture".  I learned to use a lathe on  a Lagun 
Republic lathe and not only do I not know what it might have looked like 
on that, I don't know what it'd look like on a Monarch, or a Clausing, etc.

So...anybody know an easy way to identify if a lathe has those from 
looking at a picture?

Thanks.