Quote: The lathe is a bit heavier and a more interesting to move around. I used my brake upgrade as an excuse to buy it. It's come in handy for all kinds of stuff but I'm a tinkerer by nature.
Here's the Pratt & Whitney when I got it home.
"Honey, I'll be right back, I am just running out to pick up a tool I need...."
PFFFT!!!
Believe it or not though, I am seeing all kinds of stuff like that around here for sale, and for cheap. I should look into a vertical mill at a minimum.
Shops going out of buisiness is a great place to pick up a deal on equiptment.
I got my Snap-On mig welder a while back (wow...now that I think about it, it's been about 12 years ) and it was maybe a year old at the time and barely used..it was a tire shop I used to deal with that thought he was going to get into custom suspension work and just gave up on it all after a year and sold all his stuff off for next to nothing.
Sure with how things are going there are plenty of smaller shops around getting rid of mills and stuff too...but my garage is running out of room.
) and it was maybe a year old at the time and barely used..it was a tire shop I used to deal with that thought he was going to get into custom suspension work and just gave up on it all after a year and sold all his stuff off for next to nothing. 
