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29/04/2020 00:09:00

I was beginning to think I'd never get this complete, finished making last ball handle and adjusting jib strips to this neglected project today

Thread: Feeling of inadequacy

03/11/2012 11:45:07

I agree. The answer is, unless a miracle happens and you end up with a few years of free time, before you're completely decripit, looking like a negative. Did you see that Napier 24 cylinder engine? I'd be more than happy just to complete the 3-inch Allchin I started at the age of 17. I'm 44 now. Two other observations: two years ago, for instance, I bought, new from RDG tools, a perfectly made GHThomas Versatile dividing head with a myford spindle nose fitting, for under £200.oo !!! When I remember back 30 years to when a set of Myford coolant equipment was £350, this says to me that it's never been better. Whilst at the exhibition yesterday, Tracy tools remarked that they never saw youngsters round the exhibitions these days, unless it was looking bored, with grandad and dad. And I also wonder, if some of these amazing models are benefitting a huge amount from the march of high-tech cnc help, not that that's a bad thing at all, but it might mitigate your feelings of inadequacy - you might not be on a level playing field any more.

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