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Welcome from another newbie, Jim. It sounds like you have the shop and retirement that I am striving for. Nice area around Auburn. I spent a couple of summers just south of you, just outside of Pollock Pines on Hwy. 50. I was working for the US Forest Service at the time as a wildland...

Wagon173, I see you are also new here. I used to get over to Crescent City and that area fairly often but don't travel much any more due to that bane of older people who have done hard physical labor for a living known as arthritis. The mini lathes are certainly usable. One learns how to work...

I have a 16' x 28' shop which is kind of set of for automotive work, or will be once everything is sorted out from our recent move. It has a concrete floor, is wired for 240, and has air from a nominally 5HP (actually about 2-3 I think) 60 gallon compressor. The compressor is located in a...

Thanks all, for the welcome.

I want to thank the forum for having me as a new member. First, a little about me. I am 60 years old, involuntarily retired due to health issues. I moved to Oregon from West Virginia about 9 years ago. While in WV I worked doing construction and maintenance for a small publishing company. They...