Post Traumatic Tool Buying Disorder?

Patrice Lemée

Patrice Lemée

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I finally too the plunge and bought a mill. Maybe not expensive to some but 1800$ for me is a good chunk of cash.
The guy at the hardware store kept me asking if I was all right. Guess it was obvious how stressed I was. :(
Am I normal? Anybody else feels like this when making large purchases?

Patrice
 
Aaaah, buyer's remorse. I know it well, not that I've ever swung a purchase like that. Congrats. Now get milling....
 
Good to know I am not alone. :)
I have to finish the bench and order a milling vise and a few other things suggested on a previous post before I even think about milling.
This is going to be interesting. ;)

Patrice
 
I'm going to open a new chapter of 'tool addiction anonymous'!

Yesterday I started building the second floor (shelf) of my shop...Running out or room!!

Dennis
 
I was freaked out a bit when I bought my KMG, but now that I've used it for a while all that is just a distant memory. It was a huge chunk of change to me, but so useful in so many ways.
 
I feel the same way. I already feel that way and I have'nt even bought the Bader3 yet.
 
I am always a basket case with any major purchase. Last time I bought a car, people were saying congratulations, and I was thinking for what its not like they gave it to me.
 
For folder work, i could'nt do without!! i mean at one point i did make folders using a drillpress but my knives improved 100% overnight when i got my mill.
 
Yeah, I felt the same this past month, Chile forge, anvil, Even Heat, full loaded KMG, Commercial drill press, band saw, ... to night when I pulled perfectly heated 1095 knives out of the Even heat to quench, and they came out of the quench perfectly, no regrets at all!
 
Patrice your normal some people have a hard time to let the moths out of their wallets lmao. I sure wish I had your problem , my worst problem is my wife pats me on the back like you deserve it so some times I just go mental like a kid in a candy store. Last time to Princess auto she pushed the cart for me lmao. She is the best though, im making jokes about her cuzz she isnt home. kellyw
 
Like everyone said, you will wonder how you lived without it! seriously.
My mill paid for itself in sales of a product I couldn't have made without it within a year
(I bought the mill specifically to make that product, now I use it on almost everything I make except jewelry)
Tip: Buy your most commonly used endmills 6 at a time, when you get down to 2 order another 6 then you will never be out of that (in my case 1/4 inch center-cutting) end mill

Always get "Center Cutting" end mills, being able to plunge to depth is very useful (and they double as very precise drills)

-Page
 
Thanks for the tips Page, I will do that. A small question, should I buy a 4 inch or 5 inch vise? Those are the 2 I am looking at at Busy Bee?

By the way I went to your webpage and you make some very beautiful stuff. Enamel is something my wife would like to try someday. Guess I could let her use my kiln, if she let's me buy one that is. ;)

Patrice

PS: Do you post on the Armour Archive? Sorry if you do and I don't remember.
 
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Thanks for the compliment. If you can get a 5 inch vise that works extra capacity is good. Make sure it is a milling vise with a swiveling base

http://www.grizzly.com/products/Premium-Milling-Vise-4-/G7156

I would be worried that getting too large a vise for the machine might cause work limitations, but 5 inch should be alright. Make sure you get the appropriate size T-nuts for your work table.

occasionally I post on Armor Archive, not a lot lately, but I will probably put my 13th century knife reproduction up on the Laurel work thread (yes they made me a member of the Order of the Laurel this summer)

-Page
 
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