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tillius
 
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Bob,

What do you do with your mill?

Why not just job it out?

Buying junk and rebuilding it is an option, as I stated in the above
post.

As far as need - I don't NEED a mill at all. Most of the peeps who do
hobby metal working don't NEED a mill, but it sure helps them enjoy
their hobby.

And for me, as I stated above, "scratch" starts at foundry, although
I'm inclined to outsource this, since I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy
melting and pouring iron. Where do you draw the line at scratch? I
guess it depends - woodworkers build a cabinet from 'scratch' - they
may fell the tree, mill the lumber, dry the lumber, design the cabinet,
cut, dado, route, glue, sand, finish, etc, or start at any point in
that process - buy the lumber ready to use, buy a cabinet plan, by the
cabinet compenents already cut, or buy the cabinet already assembled,
but needing finishing, or just go to the big box and buy a ready-to-use
cabinet.

The real value in this is the same as going fishing, building a clock,
building a model steam engine, building a custom dune buggy or kit car,
flying model airplanes, etc. All of those things are a little strange.
Given the cost of fishing gear, you could buy fish cheaper. Clocks are
fairly accurate and a whole lot cheaper (time wise) than building one.
How many people NEED a model steam engine? My pre-assembled car gets me
where I want to go. I watch birds fly and it doesn't cost me a dime.

I think my son and I would really enjoy doing this together. If that's
strange, then more folks should be strange.

Tillman