I bought this about 18 months ago, I'd been after something a bit smaller than the 30"DR I had previous. It came up on ebay and I won it for not much money. The only issue was collection, the seller said his place wasn't suitable for a pallet courier. I removed the seats from my VW and put a engine hoist in to help load it. It was located in leicester.
When I got their I didn't realise how close the place was to where the bandsaw was built. It was litterally a stones throw from the factory.
The joiners that had it was a peculiar setup, it was in the middle of a terrace of houses up a narrow alleyway. It had been in the family for a good few generations. You went up some tiny stairs to a bench room where stuff was made. When completed a door was opened in the wall and it was lowered into a courtyard.
I had to use every bit of skill reversing up the alleyway, I had 1.5" either side of my mirrors. Its lucky I drove FLT's for many years. I did have pics but they are on my instagram.
Luckily the bandsaw was downstairs where timber was machined up, but there was still some big thresholds to lift it over.
I stripped most off the bits off it at leicester
I had to use a jack to get the top column out the casting
They were big horses back in the day, this is 2hp
The whole top wheel bearing assembly is kept in place by two pointed bolts
I started stripping the paint, it scraped and sanded off really easy
A belt sander on the 'wadkin' works a treat