Thanks to everyone who helped steer me in the right direction for damp
proofing my garage prior to converting it into a workshop. I'll be
laying the concrete for an additional garden shed over the holidays so I
can relocate my ride-on mower and get that part of the project moving.
Here's my next newbie question (remember, I did warn you all).
A local vintage car restorer is retiring. He has what looks like a very early Harrison L5 with tooling that he might part with for peanuts. I think it's an early one because it has the round headstock cover split along the centre line of the bearing and the clutch rod running the length of the machine. The ways look undamaged but the students at Ashford tech from whence it originally came seem to have had an accident with a hacksaw on the edge of the topslide. Or have they crashed it into the work piece with the thing running??
In the experience of the group is this equipment worth bothering with, or am I likely to be taking on a major restoration project rather than acquiring a useful tool? I don't know enough to tell whether I'd be looking a gift horse in the mouth if I passed on it or whether I'd be buying a load of trouble. Is the fact it's only 400yds away overriding good sense?
I'm looking for gut feeling generalisations rather than specifics, of course.
Thanks,
Alan
Here's my next newbie question (remember, I did warn you all).
A local vintage car restorer is retiring. He has what looks like a very early Harrison L5 with tooling that he might part with for peanuts. I think it's an early one because it has the round headstock cover split along the centre line of the bearing and the clutch rod running the length of the machine. The ways look undamaged but the students at Ashford tech from whence it originally came seem to have had an accident with a hacksaw on the edge of the topslide. Or have they crashed it into the work piece with the thing running??
In the experience of the group is this equipment worth bothering with, or am I likely to be taking on a major restoration project rather than acquiring a useful tool? I don't know enough to tell whether I'd be looking a gift horse in the mouth if I passed on it or whether I'd be buying a load of trouble. Is the fact it's only 400yds away overriding good sense?
I'm looking for gut feeling generalisations rather than specifics, of course.
Thanks,
Alan