OLD Hardinge off the "bay"

[Kim]

That's a very compact and elegant storage system for your tooling, Dave!   
You should be happy with that!
You'll enjoy using it for years to come.  A very good investment! 
Kim

[Admiral_dk]

Completely agree with Kim - a very nice setup and storage     

Per

[Roger B]

That's a fine set of toys (tools)     

[steamer]

That's a fine set of toys (tools)     

Thats the fixture/dividing head/boring head/paralles/and straps shelf.....measureing is on another shelf about the same size....but I've been gathering this stuff for 30 years....and when I find a nice piece....almost invariably used, I snap it up

Dave

[Don1966]

Nice setup Dave you have done it justice buddy. It sure makes things a whole lot easier when you gave the right tool.


Don

[GWRdriver]

[snip] I've been gathering this stuff for 30 years....and when I find a nice piece....almost invariably used, I snap it up. Dave

Nicely done Dave.   

And that's how I've found my best bits.  First comes education, . . you have to know what you are looking for and what the fair market for that item is, how much it should cost, and be willing to pay it.  Sometimes the "bargain" is the opportunity to buy what you've been looking for (or stumbled across) at all.  Often it takes quite a while to find the jewel amongst the gravel, so patience is required.  I found my RTable and DHead, both jewels, after years of looking and making do.

Now all I have to do is figure out how, eventually, I'll manage to lift them to the mill table!   

[steamer]

I've been looking for a.3c dividing head that I could drop in the vice for some time and I got a good deal on this one.   I have a BS1 DH and a HS5V 5C indexer for bigger stuff but they are really big for my mill
Dave