I think all men have an image of their perfect workshop. Outside of the epic amount of tools, mine has all sorts of space, a lot of natural lighting, and a clever central vacuum system. Think of a cathedral cieling living room minus the rug. Replace the couches with lathes and presses and the coffee table with an assembly table. No T.V. necessary, but a decent sound system is a must.
one of my co-workers informed me of a really great lathe that a friend is thinking of selling. If only I had a workshop to house it.
you also missed out on picking a up a mill, E Ink just got a new one and sold our old one (i missed out too, for the same reason you aren’t getting the lathe)
Mike, you have a ginormous garage… can’t you put it in there?
Get this lathe, you could put it anywhere!
http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT?PMPXNO=2665002&PMT4NO=6165235
Maybe make some sweet toothpicks or something.
Yeah, that lathe is about as useful as Kurt on a diet.
alas, the moisture in the garage could induce rusting.
This would be both sad and bad.
I might be able to snag you a lathe that converts into a drill press from Ruth’s grandpa
Go stainless steel and avoid that rust! My dad builds houses just so that he can have a workshop in each one of them, it’s pretty insane. The garage on our place in New Jersey just wasn’t good enough, so he built a 10 Car Garage using the tools he had, to house his tools and toys, including a compressed air lift.
obviously, the solution is to turn the garage from a fancy shed to a proper climate controlled garage with concrete floors and everything!