what Christmas present

Given a limit of £500 what model engineering related Christmas present would you like to receive.

That will be the day !!!!!

That's very generous of you Eric! I would like cash in a plain envelope please...

Dave

PS Seriously though, I would ask for a better DRO for my mill.

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 05/11/2018 11:15:17

A Tardis-style storage box to keep all my junk in

I'd buy mentoring and self confidence!

I'll go for enthusiasm and perseverance! (But a new 3D printer would go down well at the moment, mine is still in bits pending an upgrade)

John

Injectable WD40 for my finger joints.

Facetious: a shed pixie to tidy up

Serious: 3rd axis dro and power feed for mill

pgk

I'll say. Mine never does that - it only hides stuff in plain sight, protected by a special spell so that I don't see it even if I can...

I thought they were all like that?

Angle plates, 1,2,3 blocks, cutting fluid, a nice P&B chuck, a nice rotary table, a welding course, another Stuart set of castings, beter LED lighting, an airconditioning system for the garage, a set of Mitutoyo micrometers, a set of pin gauges, a nice gauge blck set, a surface plate, a height gauge, a quality set of Dormer drills and/or reamers........

3D taster or a universal boring and facing head , a Wohlhaupter would be nice though 500 sqiud wont get near it !

Gear cutters , broaches and milling cutters are always welcome .

£500; WOW! I should be so lucky … now let me think on that … … decisions, decisions, oh dear...

George.

See your shed pixies Mick - mine are little people - do the exact same as my lot. I reckon they are building something but I've no idea what.........

A set of gear cutters would be nice.

£500 worth of floor space.

A shade sail so I can step outside the shed onto the concrete driveway and do welding and grinding in summer without getting scorched.

Should buy you enough space to stand a drill bit on its end 😁

That really is quite a lot of beer.....

Yes but You are only renting it.

Wise decision giving you the room to house next year's £500 present.