I've got the same bottom one in red. Nice cabinets. I wanted the narrow deeper drawer up higher. Easy enough to move up and move two small ones down. The bottom small one won't latch because the lock bar doesn't go that far. Not a big deal. If I had the space I'd get another one.
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What Did You Buy Today?
- Thread starter darkzero
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After about a 4 year tool buying spree, I amassed a whopping $50K in debt. About 3 months ago, I put a freeze on buying.
Since then, I have been working 70 hours every week & sending an *extra* $700 every week toward this debt.
This will go on for about another 16 months, and then I’m going to save up cash for:
Huge Precision Matthews mill,
Two Miller 220V wire feed welders, and
One more welding cart + shielding gas cylinder
Then I am going to retire from buying tools, reduce my hours at work to more like 55 hours/week, and that will allow more time to enjoy the tools that I bought.
Since then, I have been working 70 hours every week & sending an *extra* $700 every week toward this debt.
This will go on for about another 16 months, and then I’m going to save up cash for:
Huge Precision Matthews mill,
Two Miller 220V wire feed welders, and
One more welding cart + shielding gas cylinder
Then I am going to retire from buying tools, reduce my hours at work to more like 55 hours/week, and that will allow more time to enjoy the tools that I bought.
Well tonight i ordered a MT2-ER20 adaptor for my mill (again) but this time made sure the thread was 3/8 and not M10 like the other one. While i was at it i figured i should order my 5C collet block set and a MT2 5/8EM holder for my mill. Now i should be set for a while.
Bought some more Rovi 5C expanding collets
Oh, that is funny right there!
I myself will retire from MANY things before I retire from buying tools.
I suspect I am not alone on this site.....
Well, I will still need 5C collet blocks, skinny & adjustable parallels, square & hex 5C collets, and a horizontal BANDSAW!
Today I refinanced $17.5K of 19.7% APR debt down to 15.1% APR.
We have done that with 3 different loans so far. One $19.3K loan went from 35% APR all the way down to 7.5% APR.
I sure could have bought a lot of tools with what I have spent on interest. However, had I saved up & paid cash for tools it is probable that my wife would have diverted some of the funds to girlie stuff.
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Ouch!
No one can accuse you of going part way into the hobby….
Would like to visit next time I’m up there visiting my friends if you have any time off work
John