Re: Builder's Remorse

Re: related tale .... and a true one at that

A conversation between me and my wife awhile ago when she made a rare visit
out to the shop:

Wife: Hi honey, I see you're working on your new mill-machine-thingy.
What are you making?

Me : I'm making parts and accessories for my lathe.

Wife: What kinds of parts and accessories?

Me : Parts and accessories which make it easier to make things with my
lathe.

Wife: What kind of things do you make with your lathe then?

Me : Mainly? .... .... .... parts and accessories for my mill.

<pause while it all sinks in>

Wife: < silently shakes head with sadly piteous expression >

Me : Back to your quilting woman! Can't you see I'm busy!

:-)

Ken

> Message: 23
> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:38:24 -0000
> From: "archie5594" <joseph.a1.jones@...>
> Subject: Builders remorse?
>
> Hello All,
>
> I've been lurking around the group for a while; picking up nuggets of
> CNC wisdom. I have a small Grizzly 7x20 lathe and a Sherline mill.
> I've just finished converting my Sherline to CNC and have run right
> into a brick wall. I've been so busy converting the mill, that I've
> forgot what I bought the mill for in the first place! Originally, I
> got the lathe because I had built a Lego-bot and decided I needed
> more accurate axles. But as soon as I got the lathe I got distracted
> with tooling. Then I realized I should really have a small mill to
> help with some of the tooling and jigs I wanted. Now I've finished
> my CNC (quite a rush when your first part comes out right!), and feel
> like the wolf that got so busy running, that he forgot he was chasing
> Bugs Bunny.
>
> Whew! These things are addictive. Maybe I should start a support
> group, Tool Collectors Anonymous.
>
> Oh yeah, the axles have yet to be made still!
>
> -Archie