Quote Originally Posted by Bill Dancliff View Post
Nice to be here I like what I have seen and sure I will learn a lot for a retired fart.
I retired 3 years ago after wasting my youth in school. Then floating paper airplanes then emails and standup dog and pony shows for other corporate dingbats trying to prove how important we all were. As long as the profits are on the +Y axis the share holders are happy and we all stay employed.
I worked in manufacturing of computers, rockets, and other military killing machines sold to other fun countries to keep the neighborhood quiet.
Now I spend my time trying to relive what I enjoyed as a young turk working on old worn out neglected orphan motorcycles welding and grinding and learning basic machining skills so I can make bushings and shafts and other stuff that is to hard to replace or too costly to buy.
I figure if I could afford to buy all the parts where is the challenge?. I should just go to Las Vegas and gamble since what fun is buying instead of building which gives us the opportunity to make modifications and do some so called customization. I really live by the dying belief that "necessity is the Mother of invention".
I have always wanted a big belt grinder to make a big shiny knife. I really love the look of Damascus Steel ever since I was a ten year old when by Grandfather let me polish his old L.C. Smith double barrel 16 gauge shotgun. Now I wonder if I have the time left to make those memories come alive.