From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:31:50 -0700, 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.   
    I've owned a few of those. What would my '49 split window beetle be   
   worth today?? Or my '53 Coronet Sierra hemi?   
    More than my Myford Super 7 that's taking space in my garage today -   
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