Hopefully this is within the scope of this forum, if not I apologize and will delete this message- I'm just curious as to if anyone on here is from my area, and if there are maybe we can share tools
Might be nice for those tools you only need once in great while and can't justify buying, but could easily justify driving 40 miles to "borrow" some time using them, and the friendships that can form are pretty cool as well!!!!
I'm from Glencoe, MN, about 60 miles west of Minneapolis. I have a Dynasty 200DX, a lincoln buzzbox, lots of woodworking tools- Dewalt battery tools(drills, circular saw,jig saw, reciprocating saw), corded recip saw, Milwaukee hole-hawg, smaller table saw, Dewalt sliding compound miter saw(DW708), a nice router with a handful of carbide bits, belt sander, angle grinder, handtools, etc.
And the most recent addition- A Bridgeport series 1 vertical milling machine. Scored it today at work for $200!!!!! I'm soo excited to get it home and hooked up. I still need to get the phase converter situation sorted out and I'll be ready to go. It has a very limited amount of tooling, but I hope to slowly add pieces as projects come up. The mill isn't the prettiest one I've ever, but for being almost 40 years old it's in pretty good shape, especially for the price. It has a few thousands slop in the x and y, but the z is still really tight.
Back to the point of this message- Since I've taken so much from these boards I'd like to give something back, and no you guys can't HAVE my tools
but if you are close and I have something you need to get a project done I'd be happy to invite ya'll to come on over and hang out. I'm hoping to find someone somewhat close who has a tubing bender and notcher that would be willing to show me the ropes before I purchase my own.
Thanks to all,
Travis

I'm from Glencoe, MN, about 60 miles west of Minneapolis. I have a Dynasty 200DX, a lincoln buzzbox, lots of woodworking tools- Dewalt battery tools(drills, circular saw,jig saw, reciprocating saw), corded recip saw, Milwaukee hole-hawg, smaller table saw, Dewalt sliding compound miter saw(DW708), a nice router with a handful of carbide bits, belt sander, angle grinder, handtools, etc.
And the most recent addition- A Bridgeport series 1 vertical milling machine. Scored it today at work for $200!!!!! I'm soo excited to get it home and hooked up. I still need to get the phase converter situation sorted out and I'll be ready to go. It has a very limited amount of tooling, but I hope to slowly add pieces as projects come up. The mill isn't the prettiest one I've ever, but for being almost 40 years old it's in pretty good shape, especially for the price. It has a few thousands slop in the x and y, but the z is still really tight.
Back to the point of this message- Since I've taken so much from these boards I'd like to give something back, and no you guys can't HAVE my tools

Thanks to all,
Travis
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