tools

I am considering adding a metal lathe to my shop. As it will primarily be a hobby tool (for now), I do not want to spend a fortune. But I also do not want to spend good money on a piece of junk. i.e. Buy cheap, buy twice. Experience? I get the concepts, but have never actually used a lathe...

Great threads on the forum about buying/building range boxes. I went with the Milwaukee Packout system. Seemed to provide all the things I wanted in a new range box. For the past 10 years or so, my "range box" has been an eclectic mess of various bins, boxes and bags. As I set about loading up...