Well, after searching for a few years I finally found the surface grinder I wanted. coming from an active machine shop, original owner.
found it only about 10 miles from where I live. the owner is a great friendly guy and is willing to hold it for me until I get my trailer from 300 miles away on labor day weekend.
he said they have a bubble wrap machine too, so it'll get wrapped prior to loading it. YEEE HAAA!!!
It's a Harig 6-12 and should do everything I'll ever need it for.
It's another thing that was a long time coming and will go in my new shop. now on to getting a VFD for it because it;s three phase, gave it a test run there and it seemed like brand new.