[TheForge] real tools cost real money (was Re: OT - Advise needed on mini machine tool)

[terry l. ridder]

hello ries;


On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, ries wrote:

> Those things are neither fish nor fowl, and they cant swim OR fly.
>
> Real tools cost real money.

i am getting a hard lesson in this fact.
there is no room for 'good enough' when your life depends on it. the
oceans and great lakes are unforgiving. they just as soon kill you as
to be extremely beautiful to look at and voyage on.

>
> Precision in metalworking require mass, power, rigidity, and all cost
> money.
>

here again, i am receiving a rude awakening to the reality of machining
and being a machinist.

> In New Jersey, I would think there are lots of used tools around- find
> an old step pulley J head bridgeport, and a 12" to 14" Clausing, South
> Bend, Leblonde or similar lathe.
>

i am attempting to find some of the euro machine tools on the used
market.

>
> ries
>

-- 
terry l. ridder ><>