From: djb@invalid.com   
      
   On 20/12/2025 09:40, Richard Smith wrote:   
   > Hello Snag, everyone   
   >   
   > I haven't got any machine tool(s) yet.   
   > What risked some serious problems was not getting things with my home   
   > done.  So put up a fence (and every learning thing that entailed -   
   > complexity was when the fence was originally made the set the upright   
   > timbers into the wall as it was being built - which didn't make for an   
   > easy replacement(!) [BTW "SDS Max" standard seems well worth having -   
   > I've got pick and chisel bits 900mm long and they work well - and the   
   > shank is strong enough you can waggle the drill around to free them is   
   > they get nipped - I'd say masonry drill up to 16mm go SDS; greater than   
   > 16mm go SDS Max])   
   > I would have had the roof of the outbuilding boarded-out in another   
   > half-day, but the 'flu struck and that was over 3 weeks ago.  Proved to   
   > have been a bad one - quite a spike in people ending up in hospital - to   
   > put it in perspective.   
   > I liked the look of a "Myford ML7R" on sale locally - but you cannot win   
   > 'em all.  Timing can not work out.   
   >   
   > I've been told - you really really want to have a cover for precision   
   > machine tools if the workspace is mainly a welding and metal-fab. space.   
   >   
   > Best wishes to you all and a happy Christmas,   
   > Rich S   
      
   You need to keep you eyes and ears open for what's about. I know a guy   
   in your area that got a decent Induma BP clone for sub £500, a bit of a   
   job to move as a bit heavier than a BP but worth the effort for what he   
   does. He has various other machine tools all from the area acquired over   
   time.   
      
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