Restoring a Wonderful Old Drill Press! Worth it? or should've bought new?

My Brass Hammer Waitlist: https://paskmakes.com/the-brass-hammer/

It took a while to get around to restoring this drill press but it was definitely worth the wait.
Now I just need to make a stand for it and maybe a vintage style control box.

Just to add some more info:
Paid $200 for the drill press, the VFD was $90, bearings and belt $125 and the paint $40.
A new Brobo Walden drill press can be found here for comparison https://brobo.com.au/product-category... They're not exactly the same but they are very similar.

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