Haha, I don't actually have space for it at the moment (plan is for it to live in work until I get my own house) but I likely won't be able to give it a berth until the end of the year at the earliest so if it's something you have space for and could make use of, I'd be happy to say to Martin to let you have it. It's a ye olde belt-driven number so would be something a bit different for sure!
Plus I started a new job at a college recently so got plenty of lathes there that I can use if I need stuff turned.

Nice one with the March 22nd target. Might be a bit of a stretch to get something finished depending on what free time and budget you have, but even if you don't get it done or maybe only have the drive working, bring it along anyway for a look. The organisers have an electric axe bot and linear actuator crusher/gripper bot that they're happy to loan out to people who don't have a robot for the event, so you and your boy would be able to get involved