On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:54:04 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote:


Ignoramus31855 wrote:

On 2010-08-28, Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus31855 wrote:

On 2010-08-28, Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus31855 wrote:

On 2010-08-27, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:42:36 -0500, Ignoramus31855
wrote:

On 2010-08-27, Karl Townsend wrote:
http://www.hoffhilk.net/cgi-bin/mnli...ffhilk37/42/11

dead omni turn. will bring peanuts.


Karl, looks interesting, did you see it? It is not exactly timely for
me for personal reasons, but I caqnnot stop thinking about it. What
are the capacities of this thing?

the preview day is Monday. Its about five miles from "The Kid's" job.

The machine is great for small parts. With effort the max. size would
be about four inch diameter by eight inch long.

This is a surplus to operations auction. The worst kind of auction.
You can bet its beat to s%^t. But a beat up hardinge is better than an
excellent Asian lathe.

"The Kid" is planning a trip to Rockford, IL next week with his 3/4
ton pickup.

Karl, looks really great, but timing is not so good, I need to clean
up my garage and am generally swamped. Also on the lathe, I often find
a need for turning comparatively big things. If it was local, I would
consider. Thanks for bringing it up. There is also a chance that the
control broke when the machine was not so beat up.

i

Find one on my route up and I can pick it up on my way, and that way
when the new lathe arrives, the SWMBO will also see the old mill leaving
and not be quite as annoyed...

Annoyed? The resulting EXPLOSION will be enough to level the entire
Chicagoland. I promised to clean 1/2 of the garage for her car by the
end ov November.

i

Ow! So you're planning the dedicated shop addition to the house to
replace the loss of half the current shop... er... garage?

No, but I think that in a year or two we could upgrae the house to
something a little better.

i

Or you could buy a small commercial warehouse bay type building not too
far away and lease out most of the bays, keeping one for yourself and
even have real three phase power.


Now there..is a thought. Good one!

Gunner


I am the Sword of my Family
and the Shield of my Nation.
If sent, I will crush everything you have built,
burn everything you love,
and kill every one of you.
(Hebrew quote)