Jack V wrote:It's not cost effective to buy special expensive jigs and tooling to do one small job for yourself.
I guess that's why some businesses think they can treat you crap, because you can't/won't go and do it yourself.
Jack V wrote:It's not cost effective to buy special expensive jigs and tooling to do one small job for yourself.
veep wrote:I guess that's why some businesses think they can treat you crap, because you can't/won't go and do it yourself.
Jack V wrote:Not quite the case in my situation. I can always buy or make the tooling if they do piss me off. However for most that's correct .
Jack V wrote:I had planned to share my tools with a friend at no expense to him but all of a sudden he started making insulting remarks about my gear and how I was doing things,well I was new at it and trying to learn things. It got to the point he was making fun of me in front of others even at the range so one day I gave him the verbal heave ho right out the door and don't come back.
To this day I can't figure out what happened but some other people said it may have been shear jealousy and he could not hide it.
Supporter wrote:For the best... Less distractions in the workshop and more time for projects Jack
sungazer wrote:I have an old lathe and since getting into the guns side of things a few barrel have come my way. I thought about having some practice on them only to find my lathe is too small to accept the 1 1/4 inch barrels down through the spindle. Very dissapointed