gettin old

dvlnme wrote: my familly dosnt have history of long life,would be nice to develope a good relationship with some one like minded,as would rather leave these things to some one i knew would use keep and appreciate them than leave it to my sons,they will get plenty anyway,unlike me all i got from my parents was their debts eh!!i have a small but well setup work/machineshop i specifically set up for working on firearms and airguns,the perfect hobby gunsmith workshop,dosnt take up much room all fits into a 2,4 x 3.6 meter space,definatly a one man workshop but has everything you need to work on and build guns,be a shame to sell it off bit at a time for what you could get for it money wise,coz you would never get what its really worth to a hobby gun smith for what it is,so would rather leave it to some one like myself in my will,it takes years to setup a shop like mine,i have made a lot the specilized tooling i use extensivly modifyed the lathe and mill to suit what i do,you can make pretty much anything you would ever need for a gun project in this small shop, i will keep adding to and improving things here until i die thats just how i am,like most machist shops there is allways something you would like,and i am a tool guy so am never satisfied with what i have eh!!. cheers mike

Edited by J-S - 15 May 2021 at 5:08am

my familly dosnt have history of long life,would be nice to develope a good relationship with some one like minded,as would rather leave these things to some one i knew would use keep and appreciate them than leave it to my sons,they will get plenty anyway,unlike me all i got from my parents was their debts eh!!i have a small but well setup work/machineshop i specifically set up for working on firearms and airguns,the perfect hobby gunsmith workshop,dosnt take up much room all fits into a 2,4 x 3.6 meter space,definatly a one man workshop but has everything you need to work on and build guns,be a shame to sell it off bit at a time for what you could get for it money wise,coz you would never get what its really worth to a hobby gun smith for what it is,so would rather leave it to some one like myself in my will,it takes years to setup a shop like mine,i have made a lot the specilized tooling i use extensivly modifyed the lathe and mill to suit what i do,you can make pretty much anything you would ever need for a gun project in this small shop, i will keep adding to and improving things here until i die thats just how i am,like most machist shops there is allways something you would like,and i am a tool guy so am never satisfied with what i have eh!!. cheers mike

what do you do when you have three sons who have no interst in hunting shooting or guns etc have no interest in the machinery and tools your have in your shop who i know very well will just sell everything off to extract as money as possible from my estate when i am gone,what is the point of leaving these things i value if this is going to happen as i know it will to those who will never use or appreciate them???i am 70 years old now and you get to thinking about these things as you get older,i dont want to dump it on Sharon as it will just be a hassle for her to sort out,so what do you do with things you value but your familly dosnt??i would love to find a good home for these things when i am gone where they will be used and appreciated.hopefully got few years left in me yet,,but you never know eh!!.