Thanks so much for your comments. The issue of spare parts bothers me, I have to say.
It's actually been the mainstay of an old chap that used to do my property repairs. Sadly he died a few weeks ago, so I offered to 'sort out' his workshop. Most everything has gone; I just have his Sedgwick 571 Mortiser and this Kity.
The mortiser is more of a pro's tool but I quite fancy the idea of playing around a little with this Kity machine. Like a winter project in my garage so to speak. It obviously works as he was in the process of making up some sash windows for someone. But it was just the availability of spares the bothered me. We sort of thought about £200 to £250 was a reasonable figure. His widow would probably agree to £200 to me.
You can't see in these photo's but the dust extraction is trunked all around the workshop, taking sawdust from the sander, bandsaw, mortiser and workbench. It almost seems a shame to pull it all apart!
I have an engineering background and have never "done" wood, so maybe this is my chance to 'have a go'!!!
So do you folks think the price is reasonable?
my regards,
Paul.