From: Dean H on
> What I'd really like to augment my torch and 110V mig is a cold saw,
> although the aluminum I sometimes cut can be done with a carbide blade
> in the table saw or the chop saw.
>
> Dave-

I have cut aluminum sheet on the table saw and lived to tell about it.
Spooky though. Bad things can happen quickly with a table saw.
<snip stories of pain and destruction>

Sounds like I want wire feed for my imaginary projects. Stick is
probably best for the swiss-cheesed plow blade on my new old 1983 W150
dodge shortbed plow truck. It's not an emergency - works just fine but
looks a little cheesey.

I've been dreaming of building my own custom; not because I have a
great vision, just because.
From: HardWorkingDog on
In article <9n72n.24652$er1.9446(a)en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com>,
"john" <john-rmd---@--gma--il.con> wrote:

> http://www.hgrindustrialsurplus.com/sub/product_detail.aspx?id=31-104-060&sear
> chtable=1&sortExpression=&SortASC=&pageSize=50&currentPageIndex=0&searchNAP=
>
> look at local used machinery dealers...
> a lot of fabricating shops are going out of business and thus a surplus of
> good stuff is about.
>
> john

they're going out of business because people like me can't afford to
buy the stuff they make...which means I can't afford to buy them out
either :(

If only I could print money, I'd have MY problem solved. But who would
ever think THAT would be a solution worth pursuing?
















Two types that WOULD pursue that solution come to mind...criminals and
politicians; but maybe that's only one type after all.

--
Charles
'99 YZ250
From: Dean H on
> > look at local used machinery dealers...
> > a lot of fabricating shops are going out of business and thus a surplus of
> > good stuff is about.
>
> > john
>
> they're going out of business because people like me can't afford to
> buy the stuff they make...which means I can't afford to buy them out
> either :(
>

Some talking head was listing off the good reasons that NOW is the
time to think and act like an entrepreneur. I was busy so I recorded
it for a future pep talk. There's got to be opportunity for the future
that isn't vulture-like. I have two different biz plans brewing.
Failure to commit...

"Some say the winds are changing. I say they have already changed and
it's time to adjust the sails" - Benny the Mop
From: HardWorkingDog on
In article
<b3bdbe3a-6fe4-42e6-b4d8-5f5ac76cf4f8(a)r5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
Dean H <dfhyman(a)optonline.net> wrote:

> > > look at local used machinery dealers...
> > > a lot of fabricating shops are going out of business and thus a surplus of
> > > good stuff is about.
> >
> > > john
> >
> > they're going out of business because people like me can't afford to
> > buy the stuff they make...which means I can't afford to buy them out
> > either :(
> >
>
> Some talking head was listing off the good reasons that NOW is the
> time to think and act like an entrepreneur. I was busy so I recorded
> it for a future pep talk. There's got to be opportunity for the future
> that isn't vulture-like. I have two different biz plans brewing.
> Failure to commit...
>

Vultures are people too. They are at least a useful and necessary part
of a healthy system, no? Enron wasn't a vulture, it was a predator
that pretended to be a vulture...

Really, isn't that Buffet's strategy? Buy low, sell high. Sounds
vulture-like to me.

If you have the capital to buy out someone else and make something you
want, do it.

(ruh-roh...topic drift alert)

--
Charles
'99 YZ250
From: sturd on
john points to:

> http://www.hgrindustrialsurplus.com/sub/product_detail.aspx?id=31-104...

which seems slightly cruel. Pointing people to the best junk shop
ever, that few of them can actually visit. Cruising the isles at HGR
is addictive. I buy something almost every time (80A, 10V power
supply a couple weeks ago) but am perfectly willing to just look
around. The integrating spheres (for calibrating some light thing
I think) that were 6' diameter almost came home with me to
make a big earth globe. Or xmas ornament for a gigantic
Xmas tree. Or something, they were just cool.


Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.