Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
Probably true but it's still worth checking their equipment for DIY ideas.
No argument there! I recently acquired a couple of Unimat lathes, and I've been haunting Ebay for photos of the stuff I want, since I can't afford most of it. If you know what an object is in the photo, you can scale the parts off of it, and figure out how to make it without ever actually laying hands on it. If you have an idea how something works, and the object it fits on, you can probably figure out how to do what to you need to make something fit it. Won't say I'm great at this, but I am starting to get a clue. And sometimes, it really does make sense to just buy the stinking thing, too.

Bill