where are you based guys? UK?
I am in Germany .. would be glad to offer help.... I am married .. but she is very very understanding.
I have artitis .. so no longer very good with tools .. but I know something about mechanics and electronics.
And love my mainframes ... though I started with 270s .. 3083 ... in the 80s.. later 3090.
Know my software very well too...
Still work a daytime job with very weird hardware and software constellations.
well .. that's my application