From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vg0rg2$2rop7$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 10/31/2024 12:25 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > My stuff is mostly quite old so perhaps that is the case. I don't need it   
   > to make a living as you do and can afford to wait for bargains. When I was   
   > working I spent a lot of company money on high quality equipment I'd never   
   > have bought new for myself.   
   >   
      
   I try to get the best bang for my buck for the most part.  That doesn't   
   mean the cheapest solution, but it rarely means the state of the art   
   latest and greatest either.   
      
   Most of the time getting the tool I can afford and getting the job done   
   works out better than not getting the tool at all, because then I can do   
   the job and get paid.  Often that cheaper tool pays for a better tool.   
   The old "buy once cry once" mantra is often a barrier to entry.  I've   
   got a lot of very decent quality tools, but they were almost always paid   
   for with a cheaper tool.  I get the idea of that, but its not a truism.   
   --   
   Bob La Londe   
   CNC Molds N Stuff   
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   Research and development tends to push the state of the art so in some cases   
   I needed the best which meant the fastest, to clearly see what happens in a   
   billionth of a second or less while helping to develop digital radio. I had   
   the necessary background in A/D converters and computer hardware design. At   
   home once-great test equipment from the 70's - 90's is still good enough.   
      
   My machine tools are from the 50's and 60's. The 1914 edition of South   
   Bend's "How to Run a Lathe" describes lathes very similar to mine.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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