I fully understand that. Im sitting in a full machine shop right now so It is tempting just to hog out something. Its not exactly well equipped and If I want to do something I usually have to buy my own tools. Other than the mill and lathe I can get more done in my shop at home. The bosses office is too close to the machine shop now so when I turn on a machine I have to be ready with an excuse to explain what im doing. Fortunately they wouldnt have a clue anyway so i do manageMy blast cabinet was a cheap chinese harbour frieght piece of crap and leaked out every orifice it had. Probably why it was in the dumpster
. I finally replaced everything except the sheet metal it was made of and got it sealed. It just doesnt pay to buy that crap. Glad i got it for nothing at least.
The machine shop I'm using is very well-equipped... for gunsmithing. Thankfully there is some crossover, which is how I can do what I'm doing. Someday I'll try and get into forging knives, but for now I can make do with stock removal.