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

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