About the machines.. The big milling machine, a Bridgeport, belongs to a friend of mine who has been very generous with the machine and patiently trying to teach me how to perform the most rudimentary tasks and not hurt myself or the machine in the process. I have a smaller Chinese type ( available at a variety of discount tool stores ) which was well used before I got it. But as you can see, even a well used import machine, used carefully, can be very useful. Takes a while to learn how to use these things and given my current age, I may have gotten about as far up the learning curve as I'll likely get. :-/ It is fun though.
