Identify this vintage mill?

So, I'm looking at this on craiglist and the seller has it listed as a "Master Craft"

Google-fu is failing me on it. Can anyone tell me about it?

No specific help on the mill, but Mastercraft is the house tool brand for Canadian Tire. Like most such things, I would assume that the older it is, the better the quality.

What kind of mill?

It doesn't look like a metal milling machine. The castings are too lightweight, no screw feeds, no precision adjustments.

Maybe an old (incomplete) grain mill?

I can see the X and Y axis feeds right there. Small traverse though. Not sure if it is supposed to be used horizontaly like it sits or wall mounted though.

Odd little beasty.

That is neat, I kind of wonder what it is supposed to mount to. I see the two round mounts but wonder if it mounts to the wall or a stand or a table. If it is cheap enough you probably just throw a motor on it and use it.

looks like it would mount vertical, like to a wall or column

It looks like a lot of work to get usable again. Look at those ways

Looks as if it mght be some sort of milling machine or lathe.

I saw one of those in a shop years ago (1960's). It was wall mounted in the tool room of a machine shop and used for making small parts for jigs and fixtures.

With the amount of rust showing on the ways of this one I don't think it would be worth trying to restore.

Edit: It definitely is a milling machine.

Typical CL seller isn't answering emails

It's a home made "mill" based on the bed of a very old small lathe. It appears to use a couple pillow blocks to locate the spindle - and there's no movable quill to vary the depth of cut aside from moving the "table" back and forth. It's used in the orientation displayed - it's sort of a horizontal mill. Sort of.

It would be extraordinarily challenging to produce accurate parts with this, and the process would be very slow.

I've been down this road, and while I'd like to be able to say "There's another way to do what a 2200#, 8' tall, $4000 milling machine does except it's light, small, and cheap" but there isn't one.

I tried the other ways, they don't work, and eventually threw down and set up a machine shop. The ability to make ~anything~ - accurately and quickly the first time is invaluable.

Actually got an email back. no idea on price. "Mastercraft 700s" is all she says.