I just wanted to give a quick update to those who follow me on this blog. I broke ground on my new house and garage this past week. So hopefully within a few months I will have both buildings all framed up. I still will not be working on my lathes at that time as I will be concentrating on finishing the house before I can get back to work on the machines. The plan is to use the garage as a storage unit until everything can be moved into the house. This will save me having to pay a few months storage fees. I still keep an eye on the net ref lathes like mine and would like to pass on that on craigslist there is one of these lathes available in the Dallas Texas area. If you would like to check it out here is the Craigslist link Hardinge Lathe If anybody following this blog actually picks up this lathe please contact me so we can grab pictures and serial number for the registry I have.
Hopefully I will be able to update this blog with some actual work after the New Year. Until then be safe and enjoy the coming Fall.
All the best

Harold

No news to report with the exception that later this summer I will most likely have another one of these lathes in my possession. Once the deal is done will advise you about it. As well Last summer a lady contacted me about a Hardinge Cataract Toolroom(QC) lathe they had. This person was from somewhere around the Flagstaff Arizona area. She contacted me after seeing my posts online in one of the Metal Forums I monitor, or after reading this Blog, ref restoring one of these Lathes. Unfortunately I have lost her email. Ma'am if you perchance read this thread could you please email or contact me via this Blog. Thanks very much.
On a personal note. I have about one month left in the current house before I take up residence with my Mom until my new house is built. I'm still hoping to start this endeavour in early September. 
Well all the best for the rest of the summer.
Also Go Holland Go. Maybe this year she'll win the World Cup.

Harold

Just a short little update. I've moved three loads of truck and trailer down to the new location in Niagara on the lake. This past weekend I went down with only the truck since I had long stuff that required the tailgate to be down for the trip. My garage is pretty empty and the house is getting bare as well. I've packed a lot of stuff already and all the pictures that were on the wall have been moved to my Mom's place. Moved all the scotch too this past weekend. I thought I would pass on a few pictures. The first one will be of the lot I have purchased and am awaiting possession. The trees on the left are on my property and will taken down by the seller.

As well after numerous iterations the following few pictures will give you a general view of what the house and garage will look like on the lot. The pictures unfortunately are not the best due to the way the cheap drafting program exports the image.

The garage will be 24ft deep by 32ft wide. The house will be 34ft wide by 54ft deep and then there will be a 6ft porch on the front and a 10ft porch on the rear. The way the house is built the deck surface will be 16ft by 17ft on the south east corner of the house. This will provide a nice area for table and chairs.
Well a couple of more trips back and forth and then the Movers will take all the big stuff a month from now.

Well to all enjoy the warm weather and have a great summer

Harold

Just a short update. If all goes well on Monday will be putting in an offer on Lot in Virgil Ontario. Lot is 63ftwide by 200ft long and has all city services at the lot line. This will allow me to build a nice house with a decent sized garage. Only real issue is that I most likely will not get possession of the lot until Mid August which means I will not be in the house until late this year. This means not much more restoration news until very late this year or early next year once the garage is usable.
This weekend will be taking the first of at least three loads by truck and trailer down to the Virgil area. I planned on moving all my tooling and the things the movers will not take and let them do the rest of the house. So yesterday I loaded up the #86 lathe into the back of the pickup truck and this morning I loaded the Van Norman #10 mill and a snowblower. Here are a couple of pictures showing the load.

Tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn we'll be off down the 401 to St Catharines to drop all this stuff off in my Mom's garage. Unfortunately I the storage facility that I want to use in Virgil is full up and will not have a unit available until end May. This means my next load will be beginning of June hopefully straight into the storage facility. This load will stay in my Mom's garage until either the house is ready or I need to move it due winter approaching.
One thing to relate on the restoration front. It's amazing the things you find out when you take things apart especially if you have two of the same machines to compare to each other. When I restored the #39 the crossfeed nut which is a Bronze alloy was secured to the crossfeed assembly by a plain old bolt. When I was disassembling the carriage for moving I noticed that there was a screw in the bolt on this carriage. I initially thought this might be a locking screw assembly however upon removal and clearing the bolt head. I noticed the word "Oil" on the bolt head. After removal I noticed a hole completely through the bolt to allow oil to be inserted to oil the crossfeed thread. So evidently on the #39 either somebody lost this nut or damaged it and replaced it with a plain old bolt. I guess when I am up and running will need to make a bolt similar to the one from the #86 for the #39.
Well all the best and enjoy the coming months. The weather is finally starting to get warm here such that the neighbourhood kids were even playing with soaker guns yesterday. Hurray for warm weather.

Harold