One of my toolmaking suppliers decided to call it a day (dropping me in the brown stuff in the process) but then offered to sell me the lot for what comes to just under US11000 (The South African Rand had another bad day trading at 20:1 against the Gumbo Bead).
So I now own 6 turret mills, 1 x 2 axis N.C. turret mill, three lathes, a surface grinder, a bandsaw and a heavy duty disk sander / linisher plus a spark eroder that doesn’t work but I’m reasonably sure I can get it going. Not to mention a ton of other stuff like hydraulic vices, sine tables, granite surface table, rotary table, dividing head and cutters and tool holders up the wahzoo.
I have known & worked with this equipment for many years – whilst it is not in mint condition most of it is perfectly serviceable and could be much improved with a little TLC.
Obviously this goes way beyond being a hobby and the equipment will go into my business but they’re mine and I can get access whenever I like.
Now all I need to do is find some more free time going cheap.
Regards,
Ken
So I now own 6 turret mills, 1 x 2 axis N.C. turret mill, three lathes, a surface grinder, a bandsaw and a heavy duty disk sander / linisher plus a spark eroder that doesn’t work but I’m reasonably sure I can get it going. Not to mention a ton of other stuff like hydraulic vices, sine tables, granite surface table, rotary table, dividing head and cutters and tool holders up the wahzoo.
I have known & worked with this equipment for many years – whilst it is not in mint condition most of it is perfectly serviceable and could be much improved with a little TLC.
Obviously this goes way beyond being a hobby and the equipment will go into my business but they’re mine and I can get access whenever I like.
Now all I need to do is find some more free time going cheap.
Regards,
Ken