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I also pulled the spindle caps off and the spindle out to find the bearing surfaces in great shape, and started inspecting the mast and countershaft pulley, mostly to see how I want to go about rigging it, as it is missing the front motor support bracket, along with the housing that the...

The cost of repairs is kind of built in. They lived there for almost a decade, paid rent on time (mostly) every month, and didn't complain about things constantly. In turn the property gained a ton of equity, and the money they paid is more than covering this. I wouldn't be getting rid of them...

As mentioned, pull that motor and put in either a 120VDC or 240VDC. Plenty of either of them around, new or used.

Spent the most of the day in the actual garage (which is out back, off the alley), scraping paint off of the Dalton. Going from this to this and this I am going to need a lower stool to get at the very bottom (it is so much fun getting old), but now I have three sides mostly cleared, and it...

Spent the day finding how much damage my tenants did before I paid to get them to leave. So, that was fun, and will cost me 10-12K. But I made a couple 100K on the place, which is nice. Spent the rest of the afternoon scraping paint on the Dalton.

Dang, I actually have the tool, and would have loaned it to you (although they are cheap) but if it is pre-serial number (1957 I think) it is incredibly difficult as there is no stop and it is very hard to make sure you get the seal installed at the correct position.

Drove downstate to pick up an auction win. So, not in the garage, but, still.

I spent the day driving downstate to pick up an auction win, and in the process stopped at a few Restores and better thrift shops. Here is what I found: Partial Fleet socket set, two Bog fixed socket speeders (love the wood handle), HPL book (for trade credit, as I have all of his stories in...

The clip is for attaching to multimeter test leads.

Not a damn thing.

I picked up this G5 the other day. Obviously it needs a little clean up, but it was one I didn't have

I have a drawer full of 4" adjustables. Can't seem to leave them behind.

Pulled the spindle from the Dalton, as I clean and scrape glop paint. Spindle bearings are in great shape, thankfully. There are no spare parts for these, so I need to be careful when disassembling, making sure nothing gets misplaced, and hoping that everything is in good shape. You can really...

More cleaning of the lathe, followed with getting things ready for auction. Also, started on a hard purge of misc. junk.

Deus Irae is a wonderful book. Then again, anything by PKD is top notch.

4.C, that P&C offset breaker is an early speeder. https://pnctools.com/downloads/P&C_No.40.pdf

While out running errands on Thursday, I hit a sale: Digging among the new tools, I found a WWII SK socket set, and a partial SK Wayne, a Stanley G5, and a pair of Knipex pliers. All that for $8. He also had a Kennedy versa-cart, full of the remains of a machinists career, but he wanted $3500...

Never mind, just noticed you wrote Delta.

More cleaning of the lathe, and trying to reduce the height of a T-nut to fit in the slot on my mill. Damn, but there are times I hate hardened steel