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> Seth Hammond wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Kent Finnell" bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Why bother? Just go to a bar, stand back, and let them start
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>their own
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>gunfights.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I don't know about Arizona, but being armed in a bar or a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>restaurant that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>serves beer or alcohol for on site consumption in Tennessee is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>illegal.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In PA it's legal. Being in a place that serves alcohol has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>nothing to do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with firearms.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Consuming, well, that's another matter

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>Guns in bars are illegal in Arizona but ask any bartender how
>>>>>>>>>>>>>many guns he's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>ever held for customers.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>CCW means 'carry concealed weapon'. Duh.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>No it doesn't - _you_ mean 'carry concealed weapon' when you write
>>>>>>>>>>>>"CCW".
>>>>>>>>>>>>It may well mean something entirely different to your readers.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>As ever, it's better to have and not need than need and not have.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More Duh.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>Yeah, I always carry my lathe/mill in my briefcase!

>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>You have a lathe? I've been looking for one for a long time. I just
>>>>>>>>>>>started playing with my scroll saw again.

>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I have several - precise number not defined.

>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>So you're a collector of junk machining equipment?

>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Well, I started with a top quality European lathe (1978) - I wore it
>>>>>>>>out
>>>>>>>>for precision work but it still does for light rough work and has a
>>>>>>>>nice
>>>>>>>>jigsaw attachment.
>>>>>>>>As I had lots of accessories I bought the latest model (around 1990)
>>>>>>>>as
>>>>>>>>the precision work replacement. I picked up the milling machine
>>>>>>>>version
>>>>>>>>soon after. I found that to be too light for the work I needed to do
>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>bought a bigger mill. Meanwhile the Euro lathes have priced themselves
>>>>>>>>off the market, being 5-10 times the price of the Chinese imports.
>>>>>>>>Last
>>>>>>>>month I picked up a junk ($700-) big version of my small lathes. It's
>>>>>>>>cleaned up nicely and the small 3 and 4 jaw chucks etc all are
>>>>>>>>interchangable.
>>>>>>>>I admit I sort of cornered myself buying European but it was nearly 30
>>>>>>>>years ago and I've made a lot of specialist tooling in the meantime.

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Yurp makes a lot of good tools. I have a few.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We're a long way from Europe and their costs have risen astronomically
>>>>>>since 1978.

>>>>>
>>>>>They've gone down over here. Maybe they just don't like you.

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>>>>
>>>>I buy direct, at European prices less sales tax.
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>>>>>>>>Anyway, it's nice (and quick) to have the lathes set up for the
>>>>>>>>different tasks - it's so annoying when you have one set for a
>>>>>>>>production run and someone wants a little job done!
>>>>>>>>Right now I'm chasing a CNC mill and a CNC lathe would be useful.
>>>>>>>>There's a few other machine tools, scroll saws, wood lathe etc in the
>>>>>>>>garage - were you keeping count?

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can you make salad bowls? I'm looking for a set of 8 of turned salad
>>>>>>>bowls for the table and the big serving bowl. Of course I'll pay you
>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>for shipping.

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>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've never tried - give me a few weeks.

>>>>>
>>>>>Let me know. It'll be a nice project.

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>>>>
>>>>Aww hell Chris, I'm off to see the architect for the house in half an
>>>>hour. Will visit the garage/shed builder on the way home, and the vet,
>>>>and the engineering supply co. Then there's the gallery to organise and
>>>>then the workshop to set up - I need another interesting project like
>>>>the hole in your head.

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>>>Oh well... It would have been fun.

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>> That was Groggy Talk for 'I don't really have a lathe, and if I did I
>> wouldn't know how to use it'.

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> Yeah, that's what I got out of it.