From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 12/20/2024 1:17 PM, Richard Smith wrote:   
   > "Jim Wilkins"  writes:   
   >   
   >> "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:vjhbbh$3e2nh$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >> The valuable equipment is a lathe for power transmission components and a   
   >> vertical mill for the static structure, plus a horizontal bandsaw to cut   
   >> stock.   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >   
   > I'd like to have a lathe again for sure.   
   >   
   > When I was a youth I had no connection to anyone familiar or who could   
   > mentor me.   
   > Now I have been involved in a lot of commercial manufacturing operations   
   > and done a fair amount of machining.   
   > With landing-down here, might soon come time to look at this - getting   
   > some machine tools.   
      
   There is something to be said for trying to finish a project on a   
   Saturday afternoon, and being able to make a part complete the job   
   today.  As opposed to waiting until Monday to run down to the store if   
   you have the time on Monday and if the store actually has the part you   
   need.  Or worse have to order the part and wait until Monday until they   
   ship it... at the earliest.   
      
   I've spent $100 (or more) worth of my time to make a $2 part more than   
   once to finish a job and get it DONE rather than having another   
   unfinished job on the list waiting on parts.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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