Hey U.! Hurt you due to shifting it, or it bit you? I guess neither is much good.


I have a South Bend heavy ten, it also has a good passthrough. Passthrough is over emphasized, but now that I have it... I have 2 south bend 9s. A Burke horizontal mill, which is an often cheap, horizontal that has major power. There is a US army manual for it, which is always a good sign. I have a Clausing 8520, I think, the best small Bridgeport mill. I think a small Bridgeport would be better, but this one is a classic, and resale is very good on them. I have a south bend 7" shaper. I have a small surface grinder/tool sharpener. A large Buffallo forge drill press. A crappy, but useful bandsaw. And one of the most useful all around tools for customizing, a 2x72 belt grinder. I have a variety of woodworking lathes, and they can be useful for various things. I have several surface plates, camel back levels, and scrapers...

Remember, the purpose of chinese machine tools, which are highly usable, is to keep the pressure off the old iron!

These days I spend most of my time on the computer, and ever since the math coprocessor became standard, I have designed everything in CAD, pretty much. So I feel real stupid not to have CNC in the shop... Even relatively small machines add a lot of power. They have to be able to take a heavy cut, but they don't need to be large.

That is too much stuff to randomly shoot photos, but if there is anything you particularly want to know or see...