On Sep 28, 12:39*am, Winston wrote:
Vernon wrote:
By way of follow-up to everybody. *I was the successful bidder for the
Emco Compact 5 lathe / mill. *However, bidding was stiff and I was the
only guy too dumb and hard headed to give up. *I don't even know if
it's complete with all the standard essential accessories. *I will
travel to pick it up early next week and will report back.

I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you for sharing not only
your knowledge, but your enthusiasm.

Excellent news, Vernon.

As DoN said, you and your son are more than welcome to
pop in and share your questions and comments with the
group.

Best regards

--Winston

Thanks, Winston. I also bought an old bench mill last week. I
thought it was single phase but noooo. It's 3 phase. So now we're
looking into building or buying a phase converter. Also, your
collective wisdom about taking a machining course was well taken.
Next January my wife and I, and possibly both our sons, will enroll in
a junior college course on basic manual machining.

But until we get smart we hope to rely on yall with our dumb
questions.

Regards,

Vernon