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From: "Norm Dresner" <nd...@att.net>
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"Randy Replogle" <spamgoeshe...@verizon.net> wrote in message 
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> On 28 Dec 2005 08:15:27 -0800, sta...@prolynx.com wrote:
> This one has english *and* metric threading.
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=44859
>
> Rrandy
> -- 

Well ... It looks perfect for the task I specified, BUT ... It's going to 
take a lot of fancy footwork to justify $500++ and the space it'll occupy 
when I'm not using it.  Of course, I could also do some interesting work at 
my secondary hobby -- Model Railroading [with a heavy emphasis on the 
Modeling] -- but still, it's an awful lot of machinery to sit idle most of 
the time.

OTOH, I've always wanted a lathe to make some of the more esoteric parts for 
modeling locomotives from scratch ...

I'll have to think about this.  I'm not convinced yet and there's still the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer (SWMBO) who heads the local finance committee 
;-))

    Norm