Shop Time w/T.W. Friends. Deleted your text. What was it you wanted again?

Glad the weather is starting to cooperate.

 

The beach is always cool. You all look great enjoying it, hope you get some abundant sunshine tomorrow.

 

You can say that being safe in Nebraska far from Sharks

 

true! I gotten in the water off the Gulf coast several times and each time...boy whew. Seen a couple of sharks and a huge jellyfish

 

I found a lathe for 1k on craigslist, https://kansascity.craigslist.org/tls/d/olathe-metal-lathe-montgomery-ward/7345390753.html and I brought it up to the wife and she says "You can buy it if you really want it." but she said it in that wife tone that means "If you do, you're dead to me."

 

Better jump on that!!

 

I'm not ready to be divorced

 

I’d love to have that at the house

 

Think about. It looks like a decent deal to me and not so large you'd need a Crane to offload it. If your not going to consider it then I'll be mulling it over. I'm not familiar with the brand but looks like a well made piece of equipment with monkey wards name on it. Possibly one of the other guys here could identify a brand it may have been built by.

 

Deviled eggs ​

 

I only had 4

 

You’re gross

 

Oh boy! I like some deviled eggs myself, didn't catch them earlier, may have been focus on cheesecake

 

I’d probably eat what was left after everyone passed up on them

 

Really? I'd expect to pay closer to $500 for something like that, especially without a quick-change gear box.

 

Can't be letting something like that get put back in the fridge...

 

Brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It's amazing what a difference quality makes even in small things... I scored a smoking deal on a brand-new Fluke 233 on our local Craig's List recently, but the leads it came with were crap... strolling through Amazon the other day, I see Fluke leads for ~$30/set, so I figure, "Why not?" and while I'm at it, might as well replace the set for my venerable old Fluke 77...



Man, these things are nice, super flexible, retractable tips... talk about the gold standard of test leads!!! (Yeah, I know... who geeks out on test leads... )

 

This is probably actually a rebadged Southbend. Sears, M-W, and one or two other places sold these in the 50s-60s. They're good lathes, but limited in capacity. If you're in the market for a benchtop lathe, a slightly newer Southbend or Myford Super 7 would be much better choices.