On 4 Feb 2004 14:28:23 -0800, jim rozen wrote:

In article , sandiapaul says...

I cringe whenever this lathe and pictures of it come up...I sold it to
Steve a few years ago...I had big plans to do what he did with
it....sold my Rivett 608's too....

Ah, I can understand the palpitations. But seeing
what he did with it, is purely amazing. I think that
all those photos in the old hardinge literature, with
the fancy frosting and so on, were probably done from
one-of-a-kind show machines, that had been gone
over by somebody like him.

Jim

Chuckle..I sold the Rockwell horizontal mill that Id gotten from Marty,
around Christmas time. It had been my Project mill for a couple years,
and I finally decided to let someone else do it. The new owner sent me
the completed pics a week or two ago..

Geeeze...it would have made a great Catalog photo for Rockwell.
Gorgeous machine now.

I think this is called Sellers Remorse.

Sigh

Gunner, who used to only have that with guns he sold. Now he cries about
the guns and machines he never should have sold....sob.....

The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of "loyalty" and "duty."
Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute -- get out of there fast! You may possibly
save yourself, but it is too late to save that society. It is doomed. " Lazarus Long