Members, Lords, Ladies and anyone else, thank you for the comments.
Just to expand on the German milling machine, I found it in a local coal yard literally under a pile of coal. paid 50 quid for it, got it back home an spent a week digging the coal dust of it and then discovered that the shaft that drives the vertical quill is missing along with the gears although the horizontal milling shaft and gears are complete!
This was 10 years ago and just as I was collecting the parts to fix it (bearings, steel for the shafts etc) I met the wife, sold my bacholer pad (large garage and workshop + dwelling) moved into a house that has/still requires a large amount work and had a rug rat (daughter) therefore I haven't done anything to the machine.
BUT I intend to start after xmas.
PS can I put sketchs (as PDF's) on a thread as I would like to show my ideas for the repairs for members comments along with some as is photo's.
Best Regards
Fred