OK series owners what you do with an extra 400 euros?

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Stretch

Stretch

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G'day Folks,

I'm chuffed - well chuffed - I won 400 euros!

It isn't a hookers and blow life changing amount but was thinking along the lines of new tools.

What would you "blow" 400 euros on

I thought I might geek out with a Jasic TIG welder - this would almost pay for a nice DC digital TIG amplifier or get 50% off a really geeky AC/DC TIG set - then I could cock about with aluminium...

...suggestions?

(Yes yes I know I need to pay for some Avon Range Masters but would rather have a bit of gucci something to look at instead of thinking "well that helped with consumables")
 
I would spend it on getting everything galvanised, I'm slowly working though mine, only the front panel left.
I couldn't justify a TIG set or a lathe, although both would be nice.
 
I bought a second hand myford for my shed, I liked looking at it that much I bought a boxford for the garage.
A tig would be nice but so would a plasma cutter, they are great I just cut up any old scrap with mine just for the noise and firework display it creates. Happy spending.

Col
 
dag019 said:
I would spend it on getting everything galvanised, I'm slowly working though mine, only the front panel left.
I couldn't justify a TIG set or a lathe, although both would be nice.
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Nah that's like consumables - can't see where the money went.

Colthebrummie said:
I bought a second hand myford for my shed, I liked looking at it that much I bought a boxford for the garage.
A tig would be nice but so would a plasma cutter, they are great I just cut up any old scrap with mine just for the noise and firework display it creates. Happy spending.

Col
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Yep the man in his shed in me is thinking he'll put it towards a lathe.

Bobsticle said:
AA membership.
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Already got it

puddlejumper said:
A cheap Japanese car for when the Land Rover breaks down:D
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Good point...
 
The only trouble with having a lathe in the shed is that you quickly start accumulating lathe related stuff that takes up any spare space you once had. I spent an hour yesterday looking for some kitchen cupboard door handles that I know are in there somewhere, I went and bought some new ones in the end, it was quicker.
 
Colthebrummie said:
The only trouble with having a lathe in the shed is that you quickly start accumulating lathe related stuff that takes up any spare space you once had. I spent an hour yesterday looking for some kitchen cupboard door handles that I know are in there somewhere, I went and bought some new ones in the end, it was quicker.
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If you had cataloged them as miscellaneous and cross referenced them through spares and utensils to room specific pertinency, you will have found them attributed to the concomitant heading 'Lost'. This would have saved you hours of searching and directed you to the loft, where you left them in the first place.
Of course stretch would have gone off its colour. :p
 
Bobsticle said:
If you had cataloged them as miscellaneous and cross referenced them through spares and utensils to room specific pertinency, you will have found them attributed to the concomitant heading 'Lost'. This would have saved you hours of searching and directed you to the loft, where you left them in the first place.
Of course stretch would have gone off its colour. :p
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The problem is, my missus seems to think everything I own (except what she bought me) is rubbish and will happily nag me to get rid. So I have to hide stuff all over the gaff, the trouble is, my bad memory. Cataloging and cross referencing takes as much time as searching. It's a dilemma.

Col
 
Stretch said:
G'day Folks,

I'm chuffed - well chuffed - I won 400 euros!

It isn't a hookers and blow life changing amount but was thinking along the lines of new tools.

What would you "blow" 400 euros on

I thought I might geek out with a Jasic TIG welder - this would almost pay for a nice DC digital TIG amplifier or get 50% off a really geeky AC/DC TIG set - then I could cock about with aluminium...

...suggestions?

(Yes yes I know I need to pay for some Avon Range Masters but would rather have a bit of gucci something to look at instead of thinking "well that helped with consumables")
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You could be the new Viv Nicols "Im going to spend spend spend "
 
Colthebrummie said:
The only trouble with having a lathe in the shed is that you quickly start accumulating lathe related stuff that takes up any spare space you once had. I spent an hour yesterday looking for some kitchen cupboard door handles that I know are in there somewhere, I went and bought some new ones in the end, it was quicker.
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Oh good grief I reached that stage decades ago!

I have a screwdriver theory - there must be a number that is "ultimate saturation" where no matter what you will be able to find a big flat bladed screwdriver or a pozi-drive when you need it...

...crap theory - not reached that magic number in almost 25 years of perpetual screwdriver purchases...
 
Colthebrummie said:
The beauty of having some spare cash is wondering what to spend it on, after that it's usually disappointment.

Col
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Oh I don't know - it isn't all that bad.

The last time (first time) I won a few hundred euro's I bought this =>

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I'm well happy with it and glad I didn't blow the winnings on hand jobs / drink (!) / consumables / tyres etc

I still enjoy using that machine - nothing more satisfying than cutting wood to precise angles and to the nearest mm (well actually that's not true there are other more satisfying things but I think the chances of widthdrawal symptoms and possible disappointment with the more abrupt satisfying elements of life are greater...)

So that's why I started the thread - ideas for something a little bit lower down the food chain than "orgasmic" but longer lasting. Geeking out in my workspace with a lathe might indeed be the next thang
 
Will you get a lathe for €400? I searched high and low for an affordable myford. I got one in the end but it was the ml4 rather than the much more preferable 7 or 10. I got the boxford model B for £200 but it is a 3 phase so I've got to get an inverter now. If I had the room I'd be looking for a 2 post lift next.

Col
 
Colthebrummie said:
Will you get a lathe for €400? I searched high and low for an affordable myford. I got one in the end but it was the ml4 rather than the much more preferable 7 or 10. I got the boxford model B for £200 but it is a 3 phase so I've got to get an inverter now. If I had the room I'd be looking for a 2 post lift next.

Col
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Oh no hope at all! If I'm lucky 400 euros will help to make it feel like I'm getting 33% off the asking price.

I'm aiming for a Super 7 or a ML7-R

"They say" you always make a mistake when you buy your first lathe so I'm going to try and get the 400 euros to feel like a higher percentage.

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Inverters - "they say" at least the single phase to 3 phase jobbers are more glitch free than the single to single phase versions. How many KW is your 3 phase motor on the lathe rated at?
 
Colthebrummie said:
The problem is, my missus seems to think everything I own (except what she bought me) is rubbish and will happily nag me to get rid. So I have to hide stuff all over the gaff, the trouble is, my bad memory. Cataloging and cross referencing takes as much time as searching. It's a dilemma
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I've got piles of stuff in my shed she knows nothing about, and that's done on purpose. Need to know - and she doesn't.
 
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