Why I bought a lathe

[henryarnold]

Guys,

I have a lathe to make parts for my mill. I use my bandsaw to cut stock for the parts I make on my lathe. I use the mill to soup up the bandsaw. I needed a welder to make bases for my bandsaw and my mill. Sometimes I need the mill to repair the lathe. Seriously, I do use my tools to make parts for things other than my machine tools but it is true that you need machine tools to fix or upgrade your machine tools. I originally bought the lathe and quickly found that the illness was just starting. Soon I had a bigger lathe, a mill, bandsaw, two welders and a few sheet metal machines. I'm hopelessly hooked.

Once my wife asked why I have all these tools and why she can't park in the garage. I told her "You're right, I'm going to get rid of all of this junk and buy us a trailer with some dirt bikes. We can go out the the desert and ride dirt bikes every weekend" She never asked about my tools again. No offense to anyone that rides dirt bikes. I like motorcycles too.

Henry Arnold