PaPaPeng wrote:

On 31 May 2007 04:12:10 -0700, terry wrote:

Charles I agree. I fix whenever I can.

I am still debating whether i should buy a $600 lathe to make my own
parts as well as for hobby projects. I'll never use it often enough
to make it pay for itself though.

You don't need it to pay for itself, you just need it to do enough jobs
to justify it's existence and lead to future purchases like a mill,
welder, plasma cutter...