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Greetings
all,
First, I
would like to profusely thank everyone for their input on this subject.
Many of you have taken lots of time, to research, and type suggestions, and I
really do appreciate it! Mike, the army tech manual was VERY helpful,
since it answered many of my basic questions. It might answer all of them
if I enlisted in the army, and someone forced me to read all of it :-)
Dale, your import links were equally useful.
I've spend
many, MANY hours over the last few days looking into machine tools, and
think I have finally come to a conclusion. At this point in time, for my
projected uses, I believe the 3 in 1 Shoptask machine is the most
reasonable purchase. It has a lot of bang for the buck, as well as bang
for the sq ft. It is so vastly superior to anything I've ever had,
that I can't even comprehend all that it will do. Believe me, I
have spent a considerable amount of time thinking of all the things I could have
used this for in the past, and the things that I need it for now, and in the
future. I don't believe it's size will not be a serious limitation
for me. Sure, I can think of a few things that I couldn't do with it, but
then again, I might not be able to do those things with the next size up machine
either. You've got to draw the line
somewhere.
If I buy the
Shoptask, the worst possible outcome is that I find that I really like machining
parts, and want to upgrade to something bigger. Step one will be to
build a real workshop (a current consideration anyway), then I can shop for
some good old American heavy metal. At that point, I could either move the
Shoptask to the hanger, or sell it at a loss. Say I lose $1000 selling
it. It certainly won't be the first $1000 I've thrown away, and I would
probably consider it a fair price to pay to prove that it's worth buying
a large, serious machine. Yep, I may just order one
tomorrow.
Thanks again
for all the comments. Oddly, I feel like I'm letting some of you
down by making this decision.
Cheers,
Rusty
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