It's been a long time coming

Just wanted to let those of you know who follow this site that the resumption of posts will be happening soon. I finally managed to get both lathes and my Van Norman Milling machine into the new shop. The #39 lathe should be running soon as well as the milling machine. Then we can continue working on finishing up the #86 lathe. My guess is that once a month or unless a lot of work gets down will be my posting cycle. So I hope to see you all towards the end of April with the latest update. For now I'll at least leave you with one photo showing the two lathes and the mill in the new shop.

All the best and see you in a month.

Harold

A little delayed

Well things did not go as planned and it's been a lot longer than planned trying to finish my house. However the end is in sight. If nothing goes wrong I will have an occupancy certificate within two weeks. Then we can slowly start moving things over. However due to a part time job I now have my time to spend working on the house has been cut in half. I am now guessing the shop will not be cleared out until the end of the summer. Therefore the ability to work on the machinery will need to wait until the fall i believe. I really hoped this would not be the case but it is what it is. Sorry to those who were following this but once we do get setup I will continue this blog with the story of the Hardinge lathes.

Harold

Just another little note. My house building is taking longer than expected, so for now the new shop/garage is full of all my possessions and cannot be used as a shop. Therefore I am unable to continue working on restoring my machinery. I am at the stage of installing drywall in the house so if all goes well I might be able to move into the house under an occupancy certificate around the end of March. This means most of my stuff should be able to be moved into the house then and therefore free up the shop. I'll update you late in March when I will get back to working on my lathes.

Thanks for following see you later.

Harold

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