Guilty as charged! I just started the process of restoring a William's Comet. Been having problems finding replacement parts for it. I can't believe the number of parts that aren't available as a reproduction. When you can find a part that you need it costs an arm and a leg and it's usually trashed, broken and beat to smithereens. My problem is that I actually bought two machines thinking that I could build one good machine out of the two..... Wrong answer. Now I have two machines to restore. I'm going all out on one machine that I will keep in my collection. The other machine I am going to restore to a high quality players pin. Started removing the metal trim so I can send it out to get powder coated. Next, I'll sand down the cabinet and make necessary repairs to it. Going to take a long time and a lot money to finish it, but it's my Holy Grail and it will look nice when it's done.