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I bought a Bridgeport... It came with a small amount of tooling. But, of course, you can't do anything useful with it until you've spent more on tools and accessories than the machine itself. VFD, vice, parallels, adjustable parallels, rotary table, dividing head, arbors, cutters, end mills, clamps, ER collet holders and collets, collet blocks, stock to make T nuts, boring head, spindle indicator holder all turned up. DRO is still on the list.
I've just about got most stuff I need to make the mill useful and decide I need a surface grinder. And a bigger lathe...
I'm sure a heroin addiction would be cheaper. And less.... Addictive. I've just spotted a right angle attachment that I really need.
My girlfriend has christened the mill "Bridget" and tells everyone I'm having an affair, and I think I realise now why everyone I've ever met with a well equipped home machine shop has been over 60: you've got to do a lot of work to afford it!
Do loved ones stage an intervention? Do tool suppliers cut you off?? Or do you eventually reach a stage where you can look through tool catalogues and think "there's nothing I really need or don't already have", as I do with automotive/hand tools after 20 years hard purchasing, scrounging and collecting?
I've just about got most stuff I need to make the mill useful and decide I need a surface grinder. And a bigger lathe...
I'm sure a heroin addiction would be cheaper. And less.... Addictive. I've just spotted a right angle attachment that I really need.
My girlfriend has christened the mill "Bridget" and tells everyone I'm having an affair, and I think I realise now why everyone I've ever met with a well equipped home machine shop has been over 60: you've got to do a lot of work to afford it!
Do loved ones stage an intervention? Do tool suppliers cut you off?? Or do you eventually reach a stage where you can look through tool catalogues and think "there's nothing I really need or don't already have", as I do with automotive/hand tools after 20 years hard purchasing, scrounging and collecting?