Dave Balderstone (in
a) said:

| In article , Morris Dovey
| wrote:
|
|| the good news is that they have a /much/
|| easier to use hardcopy catalog which, for me, is almost as
|| pornographic as the LV catalog. The catalog is, of course, free for
|| the asking...
|
| You *******... Of *course* I requested it.
|
| Oh well, the kids could stand to lose a bit of weight.

g When it arrives, take a bit of time to look at the cover photo (it
shows a ball end mill protruding from a collet over a rough-cut piece
of aluminum) and ponder the question: "If I had that (not visible
machine) in my shop, what might I use it to make?"

Then choose some arbitrary weight threshold (anything under 1000
pounds would be good) and rip out every page with an item exceeding
that weight. Burn the pages without looking at them a second time
(there will still be 1000 or so pages left). Do not breathe the smoke.

If you're not a machinist, there'll be a _lot_ of stuff there that you
won't recognize. By the time you wear out the second or third catalog,
you'll probably have nearly all of it figured out. That's the point at
which you should ask them to stop sending you the catalog - but, of
course, you won't.

--
Morris Dovey
(33 days and nine hours since my last tool order)