I’ve nothing useful to add unfortunately but I hope you can sort something out with the owner. Over the last few years we’ve rescued a couple of Bridgeport milling machines and a couple of Harrison lathes, all for scrap value (in fact one of the Bridgeports was actually free, the owner just wanted it out of the way quickly!). Oh and a Q&S power hacksaw, again a freebie. All are now in use, I use the Q&S saw myself quite a bit it’s great. I said I had nothing useful to add, but sometimes a little inspiration goes a long way!