This is not really machine related but I thought people might like.
I had the good fortune of visiting a forge to buy some machines. The place had been in the same family for 5 generations. I drove down to put the machine on a pallet and bring one back with me.
They were melting aluminium
This is why I was their, this is a very early slider. Notice it says 'engineers'
I picked up a really nice sagar disc sander which has a bobbin on the back of the motor.