abmetal wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 12:03 pm
DANG, you've got a lot of toys!
Allen
He, who dies with the most toys, wins!
Right? 
I don't really have a lot of toys. I have added a lot of tools and machines to my shop over the past few years. I just have an assortment of things that I have acquired for future use, once I get some of the 800 lb. gorillas out of the room. I am trying to pull some of these tools and machines together now.
I was doing great until my friend had a stroke on New Year's Eve of 2021. Another friend is a single dad with custody of his son, so he has no time, and he would have to drive down from his home 40 miles away just to help me out. That is an 80 mile round trip, so of course I would compensate him for the gas and the wear and tear on his car. He needs money too, so I am back to paying out $200 per day or more, just to get some help around here. There was a time when I could afford that, but not any longer.
Now I am a one-man show, and I am just moving too slowly. There is no one else nearby, who wants to come to work in my shop and help me, without their hand out for a $30.00 per hour TAX FREE income, and THEN they want to stare at their phones during the work shift!
I wish my neighbors had a couple of teenage sons who would help
"Old Mr. Jones" get things done in exchange for access to the shops and tools, but no ... they do not exist. People want $50.00 just to mow my 2-acres of lawn ONCE, while I pay for the gas and furnish the mower! In the summer months, mowing is every 5 days.
If I made a list, I
suppose people might say I have a lot of toys.
These shops certainly have a lot of potential. I wish I was 25 instead of 65.
Joe
I can mount the scanner to a tripod with an articulating arm, to get good scans.
