It works!

higgite said:
My problem is that watching chips fly and metal mysteriously become skinnier is like staring at a campfire. No reason to do it, it’s just mesmerizing and somehow satisfying.
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I'd choose the campfire every time , :drool: although turning a nice piece of barstock into worthless chips is quite amusing at times . :oops:
 
The addiction is taking hold.
I drool after milling machines and 12x lathes. I admit to caressing a Miller TIG whilst buying my metrology tools.
In my disaster of a shop I eye every cylindrical object to see if it will fit into the chuck.
Let there be chips!

Glad to be amongst fellow addicts.



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Turning perfectly good metal into chips is far more fun that it has any right to be.

Making somewhat useful things is also addictive. I think half of us make tools just to have an excuse.

Measuring those things also gets interesting... :) I had to do some fast talking to myself. I really didn't have space for a huge surface plate/table or a way to move it... I almost ended up owning it anyway...
 
ttabbal said:
Turning perfectly good metal into chips is far more fun that it has any right to be.

Making somewhat useful things is also addictive. I think half of us make tools just to have an excuse.

Measuring those things also gets interesting... :) I had to do some fast talking to myself. I really didn't have space for a huge surface plate/table or a way to move it... I almost ended up owning it anyway...
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I wasn’t that lucky..... I managed to lower a 450 pound Starrett 36x24x4 down 11 townhouse stairs to my basement shop, constructed a gantry crane and moved it into position...... and what’s worse is that I involved an innocent friend..... it’s one thing to cast yourself into the abyss, but it’s almost unspeakable to involve some unsuspecting innocent friend.


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Welcome aboard the crazy train, you are just starting an amazing ride! be careful though with being lured to the dark side of metrology. Darn interesting topic but if you convince yourself you can do it on the cheap you will be able to see the results or lack of very quickly. :cower: By all means enjoy yourself, ask questions, make projects and grow your skills. One note to the wise for you, never ask on here what machine to buy because we will all have you blow your budget out of the water because you know addicts need to lure new blood into their addiction.:cpa: Enjoy our new found hobby and the skills you will learn and please take us along for the ride too! :encourage:
 
You will soon enter stage 2 of your addiction by looking on Craig's list for machines and tooling. :D
 
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