Where are you at on equipment purchaces?

[FDR]

I am with Henry H. I too have been looking at milling machines but can't figure what I would need it for. Can you guys convince me I really need one AND what for?

Look at my tutorial on making Reelfoot style calls and see if you find a use for a milling machine.  Here is a hint: ever drill a 3/4 inch hole through a 5 inch call barrel, and then there is the flat tone board and tapered tone channel.  Not absolutely necessary but a nice addition to any call makers workshop.  I also use mine to square the ends of barrel blanks before drilling and to plane the blank to square up the sides.  I started with a metal working shop and adapted the mill to do several things I did not have the wood working tools (or shop room for them) to do.


Fred

[Caney Creek Calls]

I really would like a Bridgeport milling machine also, But I've run out of room in my shop.

[gooseforsupper]

My wife has so many tools that we ran out of things to buy at the woodworkers show...
Yep, hardcore.  I'm lucky enough to be able to use her shop, but I still get to do all the dirty and stinky jobs around the house....

There are still lots of little call making gadgets and gizmos and thingamabobs I want to pick up in the future.
-Doug

[Tobin at Copeland Duck Calls]

Hello my name is Tobin.....and I'm a toolaholic. It's been 48 days since my last purchase, and I'm holding strong. 

T

T, I missed the last meeting. I didn't fall off the wagon yet but I'm slipping.

Stay strong brother......stay strong.

T

[dogcatcher]

My last purchase, yesterday we bought an 8x12 portable building for shop space in Ruidoso, NM.  8 foot walls with windows and big door.  Then the work starts, I will have to put in wiring, shelves, benches and move the tools to it.  It should be delivered this next week.  With this I have 2 full shops, only thing I will carry back and forth from Texas to New Mexico are my jigs and some specialty tooling.  I will probably add a new drill press to this shop, maybe a new 10" bandsaw and a scroll saw.   Watching the Craigslist in New Mexico will hopefully be a good thing.

Next will be to convince myself not to do the same at our ranch.   Bad enough that I have a mini lathe and other goodies in the living room of the ranch cabin, and a shop would be nice, but not used enough to justify it.

Marvin

[Bill Smith]

Lets see i got some but truely need a lot more since 4the years ago lost most of my power tools. One table saw n scroll saw and drill and drill press and a lot of hand power tools were stolem along with a john deer tracker, jewlery and coins that l collected as a kid, anitque tools too. But for the lathe jacobs chuck and 4the jaw chuck.