It being a dull day, I decide to respond to what Gunner
foisted Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:30:10 GMT on
rec.crafts.metalworking , viz:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 21:42:40 -0700, "Bullfrog"
wrote:

Say guys, I'm tired of hand tools and want to get a real machine tool
besides my drill press. Strictly hobby and shop. Which would you buy first,
a lath or a mill?

Thanks for any input.

Lathe.

I can see the cascade now ...

Mill.
Lathe!
Mill!
Lathe!!
Mill, you technoreject from the eight dimension!
I'll mill you, you unrepentant purchaser of Harbor Freight's rejects!
Ah your dog is ugly and your mother dresses you to look like a
rutabaga!
Bourgeois Commie product of the oppressor class!
Right deviationist Trotskyite! You couldn't make a square part if your
paycheck depended on it!

on and on and on ...:-)

Get what you want to do first. there's stuff you can do easier on one than
the other. So I'm looking for something in the multi-mode line. (space
considerations.)


--
pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."