From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:10i1ko4$krok$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 12/18/2025 10:22 AM, David Billington wrote:   
   > On 18/12/2025 16:31, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> On 12/17/2025 4:44 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >>> "Snag"  wrote in message news:10huu93$j7c2$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>   
   >>>    I know I'm chiming in ait late here ... but my bench top mill is an   
   >>> RF45 clone , and it's been more than enough mill for all my projects .   
   >>> Including multiple gears cut , end mills sharpened (with a fixture) and   
   >>> all kinds of other projects . I highly recommend a rotary table for   
   >>> indexing , mine's 90:1 gear ratio .   
   >>> Snag   
   >>   
   >> For gear cutting (precision anyway) an indexing head might be far better   
   >> than a rotary table.  In either case advance to every position in the   
   >> same direction and with light pressure on the handle lock the rotation.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> ----------------------------   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks. I'm not familiar with new machinery and my nice 1950's/60's   
   >>> American iron is scarce.   
   >>>   
   >>> I get more use from a 1965 South Bend than I ever could a 1965 Mustang.   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, but the 65 mustang in similar functional condition (no holes, and   
   >> works) might have better resale value.  That being said I had the   
   >> opportunity to buy a few cars cheap as a young man that people would kill   
   >> for today.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > If I had a £ $ etc for every person I knew that said 'If I had only kept   
   > that sports car from when I was a student it would be worth a fortune now'   
   > I would be quite well off. Sell the Mustang and you might me able to buy   
   > mint US iron machine tool or new.   
   >   
      
   I've had a couple as well, but buying them, putting them on blocks, and   
   covering them (or in wet climates putting them on blocks indoors) would   
   have been phenomenal.   
      
   I had a Dodge Dart and a Plymouth Scamp (same year, same time, same car,   
   different badging).  Who would have ever thought they would be   
   collectible.  I also had a 69 t-bird with the interceptor engine.  I   
   knew that one would be collectible, but circumstances forced me to   
   abandon it in a parking lot.  I remember once complimenting an old guys   
   early Mustang convertible, and he offered to sell it to me on the spot   
   dirt cheap.  Had a few options like that.   
      
   Nobody can predict the future, but there are so many opportunities   
   passed by.   
   Bob La Londe   
      
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   I have a 1980 Honda Accord in the garage, in use as a closet. I brought it   
   in to patch some rust holes, then found the lathe which the dealer unloaded   
   behind it, locking it in until I or my flying pigs clear another space for   
   the lathe. It was the last car able to pass emissions without a catcon, due   
   to the lean burning CVCC engine.   
      
   Look how much these people are asking for similar ones.   
   https://classiccars.com/listings/find/1980-1995/honda/accord   
      
   I bought a VW Beetle convertible at nearly giveaway price due to the   
   alarming loud noises from the engine area. Tightening the bumper bolts fixed   
   that.   
      
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