On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:38:19 -0900, Kevin Miller
wrote:

Hmmm - I'd be awfully tempted to do the trade for that if he was
offering the whole thing. Must be worth some bucks there.

Not a whole lot... He said that he'd sell it for $300

Of course,there's hidden costs like the gazillion chainsaw chains that
you'll go through cutting it (it's not called ironwood for nothing).
But that would definitely be tempting.

The burl that I'm working with now didn't seem to effect the chain saw much...
But it did dull a Dewalt "nail cutter" blade in my recip saw pretty quick..
I'm trimming with chain saw and hammer and chisel because I don't want to see
what it would/wood do to my band saw blades..

How often do you get back up to the states? Seems like it might be
worth a drive.

I'm thinking of picking one up in Yuma... We shop there every month or so..
Another thought that I had is that the trade could be a no-loss thing..
The main use for the mini is for the working shows, and they're all at HIS
studio.. *EG*
Or have one of the kids (I presume you have some) or friends bring one down on the next visit. Gotta be some way to score on
that w/o too much pain...

I'm saving that option for the NEXT lathe..
I've pretty much decided that I'm going to buy a Nova DVR XP as soon as the
money is ok, and that will be asking someone for a huge favor...
They'd have to pick the beast up, drive it down here, go through the hassle of
paying duty at the border and then bring it up to our house..



mac

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