Here's just a quick update. Soon after my last post winter came into full effect. My shop where i work on the machine isn't heated either so its been just too cold to do anything with it. I suppose what I could do is de-rust the parts I do have off the machine. This was just a quick update to tell you that I'm not dead and neither is this project. Hopefully it warms up quickly in March and I can get back to work on this machine.