gettin old

At 70, im sure you have many years left. 

I know how you feel Mike - we've just completed our Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney with our solicitor and I have allocated all my air rifles, tanks, compressor, etc... to people I know who will cherish them after my death. 

for many years i did all my mill jobs on a small toolshed drill press using a two way compound vise as the mill table,had to modify the press a little to stiffen it up and modify the the depth stop into a adustable quil system but it worked well if a little slow it got job done with precision,still have that little press and use as drill press now,unfortunatly i lent the compond vice and its never been returned,but they still available at toolshed and others for approx $100,cant help with band saw but do know where maybe able to get one from nieghbour who dosnt use it,onlt small bench job but may suit you,guy owes me big time as i just completly rebuilt one end of his house that was falling down,had 4foot holes in floors and end wall so rotten was falling out,boy does he owe me for that one,was up there yesterday shooting feral roosters and cats,still got at lest 40 roosters to go and proberly 20 feral cats left too,so owes me for this too,you wouldnt believe this place and how these people live,its a 10 acre rubbish dump,the guys been a hoarder for 40 years,collected everything imaginable and just dumped it on the property outside when had filled all the buildings including house full of his treasures,unbelievable whats up there,there is enough engineering and wood work machinery up there to setup a 2000sq foot workshop with everything you wanted,25 boats 30 tractors and bulldozers,i found 3 brand new bench lathes he had collected that have never been assembled in one shed alone while back,proberly 5000 worth tools hes just left laying around outside to rust away,never picks anything up and puts way just buys new stuff when cant find what he allready had,i know hes spent allmost $250000 on this in last 5/6 years,and never uses any of it so it all just rusts away ,absolute bloody waste.makes me want cry every time i go check on him,coz hes ill and dosnt look after himself guns f]ind him laying dead some where one day soon.

you dont need a very sophisicated milling set up,you get one those cheap compond sliding vices mate and you will be surprised what you can do with it on your drill press,will check out if can talk the neighbour out of one the small bench bandsaws he never uses for you,hes got several small brand new bench lathes up there that have never been put together,prob made in the 1960s but good bassic small lathes,will see if can talk him into giving me one too,he will never use them,but hes a bloody hoarder so can be hard to get him let go of things eh!!my little drill press exactly the same as yours,got some bitz made up for it when using it as a mill years ago some where around here,if can find them you welcome to them.

i make no claims to be an expert on anything bud,i dont consider myself a skilled enginer,machist proberly a competent one would be how i think of myself,still learning after 50 years mate,i just love what i do and i guess thats the secret to it eh!!love what you do,if i can get the bandsaw it will proberly be free mate,its only a small bench machine but looks ok,there maybe others there i havnt seen yet,getting him to let one go may take a while,coz hes a hoarder of all things interesting and like all hoarders hard to get to let things go evan if never will use them,you welcome to drop in if you in area mate,not many airgunners around here i am aware of,so allways nice to meet another nut case like myself eh!!PM me and will give you address and fone numbers.