From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:10kl5sl$a3tf$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   The small local sources for hobby   
   metalworking and even woodworking tools and supplies have largely vanished   
   since the 1980's.   
      
   ----------------------------   
      
   A few decades ago an old lathe like this for $800 would list for at least   
   $2500 without the valuable accessories.   
   New ones cost $12,000.   
   https://westernmass.craigslist.org/tls/d/greenfield-10-southbend   
   lathe-norton/7906339282.html   
      
   $1000 for a surface grinder seems typical. They aren't very useful at the   
   hobby level unless you make precision lab experiments or sharpen your own   
   cutting tools. I did both.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)