[TheForge] grizzly high precision tool room metal lathe

[terry l. ridder]

hello mike;

i am still waiting on my passport renewal.
i also am waiting on all the medical paperwork i need to take my
morphine and other class iv narcotics across the border and back into
the usa again. :-(

that has been suggested by several crew members, just buy a machine shop
that is being auctioned off. make it a captive machine shop that
provides services strictly for the vessels. i am not sure that we would
be able to keep a machine shop and the machinists engaged enough just
doing work for ourselves. i tend to doubt that we would be able to keep
a machine shop and the machinists gainfully engaged every business day
for 8 hrs per day. i do not want to run a machine shop long distance.
there is also the whole point that a complete machine shop in windsor
ontario canada does not do a whole lot of good if we are in the south
pacific and need some repair work. that being said, i would still feel
somewhat guilt for gutting a machine shop of the tools.

it has also been suggested that we perhaps should be building our own
rovs instead of renting/leasing them. i am still mulling this over.
i keep reminding myself that our purpose if search and recovery and not
building every rov that we may possible need.

i have no doubt that there are enough smart and inventive people on
theforge e-mail list that if given the time and money could produce a
functional rov that would be able to be certified to 2000 meters. the
question of course is just how much time and money.


On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Mike Spencer wrote:

>
>> There are some really nice tools available, if you aren't in a hurry
>> and have enough experience to wait for a good one.
>
> I dunno if it's the same all over but, based on reading the Saturday
> ed. of Toronto Globe & Mail, there seems to be one or more shops going
> up for auction nearly every week in the Toronto metro area -- machine
> shops or shops that use machine tools such a tool and die makers,
> industrial maintainance and the like.  So TO might be a good place to
> watch for what you want.
>
> (No knowledge or opinion on marque or model.)
>
>
> - Mike
>
>

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terry l. ridder ><>