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I joined this forum shortly after it started.. I was getting into hobby machining and I had visited several other machining sites.
I was not able to get what I was looking for...for many reasons..but it is evident that professional machinists prefer, and probably require the durability, accuracccy and dependebility of classic , quality USA Hardware.
i simply cannot afford the luxury of floorspace that equiptment requires, and i cannot rebuild a bridgeport mill if i had the space and money. ( although i am restoring a 1945 Logan 820
I am a hobbiest !!! plain and simple.. My new Grizzly SX3 Mill does everything I require, fits on my work bench next to my Emco Compact 8 lathe that I have owned for over 25 years . and I am very happy with them both.
I needed some help and information and used this site as my main Machining site ( It has since become virtually my only one now)...
I don't want advertising and I strongly value the comradarie this site offers, so I donated $15.00 and I did it gladly. If none of you want to donate It won't bother me one bit...I did what I wanted to do and so should you. I would just not like to see advertising on the site. it becomes a cancer and will destroy the site IMHO.....
I am retired and on a fixed income and i don't get a big enough fix each month But in my younger days i would have paid $15.00 to watc monkees F........make ......pick their ....... I sort of forgot what they did .. but I would have paid to watch
This is a great site for hobbiest machine wreckers... I cannot offer wisdom to beginners because I am one... But i can spare a few bucks to help insure it's continuation
just my .02 ;0
joe
I was not able to get what I was looking for...for many reasons..but it is evident that professional machinists prefer, and probably require the durability, accuracccy and dependebility of classic , quality USA Hardware.
i simply cannot afford the luxury of floorspace that equiptment requires, and i cannot rebuild a bridgeport mill if i had the space and money. ( although i am restoring a 1945 Logan 820
I am a hobbiest !!! plain and simple.. My new Grizzly SX3 Mill does everything I require, fits on my work bench next to my Emco Compact 8 lathe that I have owned for over 25 years . and I am very happy with them both.
I needed some help and information and used this site as my main Machining site ( It has since become virtually my only one now)...
I don't want advertising and I strongly value the comradarie this site offers, so I donated $15.00 and I did it gladly. If none of you want to donate It won't bother me one bit...I did what I wanted to do and so should you. I would just not like to see advertising on the site. it becomes a cancer and will destroy the site IMHO.....
I am retired and on a fixed income and i don't get a big enough fix each month But in my younger days i would have paid $15.00 to watc monkees F........make ......pick their ....... I sort of forgot what they did .. but I would have paid to watch
This is a great site for hobbiest machine wreckers... I cannot offer wisdom to beginners because I am one... But i can spare a few bucks to help insure it's continuation
just my .02 ;0
joe