Please id. this grinder

Considering buying this grinder on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290254541850&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019
This is the second time it is being listed and the seller doesn't respond to any questions. Is it an Excello? Where would I find a manual or any information on this machine? Any comment good or bad about the manufacturer? It looks like the fixture on the left of the table is a non air bearing end mill sharpener. Correct?

Any comment good or bad about the manufacturer?

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Excello made flocks of smallish precision machines - mostly production or single purpose jobs - including single end boring , double end boring and thread grinders. In the 50s and 60s, they did make a few "TG" machines which could have been "tool grinders" as this T&C grinder appears to be. Maybe it is one of them.

(per Serial Number Reference Book For Metalworking Machinery)

Without any communication from the seller, is there any chance of nailing down the make? Looking at the photos further, it appears the table swivels like a universal od grinder.

I own around twenty Excello machines, and have a ton of their literature. They never made a tool and cutter grinder like that one. The grinder pictured looks like a Covel #6. I also have a Covel #6 which is why I can say it looks like it. Too bad it's missing the workhead. He did a lousy job with the pictures. The Covels were mounted on a fabricated stand that's able to hold a ton of tooling. Perhaps there's more tooling in the cabinet.

I looked at the picture again- Absolutely a Covel. Covel was made in Benton Harbor Michigan- Long gone My Covel was the first tool and cutter grinder I bought. I LOVED using it. Pretty small, with the right tools it was really handy. It only made me want a bigger, badder one though, so I bought a completely tooled Cincinnati #2. The Covel actually may have been my VERY FIRST grinder. I now own about THIRTY grinders. Beware