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<blockquote data-quote="Super Dave" data-source="post: 2675846" data-attributes="member: 8429"><p>My first motorcycle shop mentor (and hands down the wisest) was always giving me a hard time about wanting to make everything that I could, specialty tool wise, motorcycle parts wise, and other wise. He used to say to me, as I whittled away in the machine shop, or welded away with the TIG, "Dave, if you can buy it, buy it. If you CAN'T buy it, make it." I came to appreciate his wise words, but never got over the love of making, or better still modifying things.</p><p></p><p>These days I have more time than money, and don't get in too much of a hurry about things most of the time, so I'm all about making stuff again, if the mood hits me, and it's been hitting me a lot lately.</p><p></p><p>Every teenage boy should hand mill (that's a fun way to say file) a chunk of metal until it is square and true to .001" at least once in their life. Teaches patience, carefulness, appreciation for the time/work ratio, and appreciation of good tools, and good gloves!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Super Dave, post: 2675846, member: 8429"] My first motorcycle shop mentor (and hands down the wisest) was always giving me a hard time about wanting to make everything that I could, specialty tool wise, motorcycle parts wise, and other wise. He used to say to me, as I whittled away in the machine shop, or welded away with the TIG, "Dave, if you can buy it, buy it. If you CAN'T buy it, make it." I came to appreciate his wise words, but never got over the love of making, or better still modifying things. These days I have more time than money, and don't get in too much of a hurry about things most of the time, so I'm all about making stuff again, if the mood hits me, and it's been hitting me a lot lately. Every teenage boy should hand mill (that's a fun way to say file) a chunk of metal until it is square and true to .001" at least once in their life. Teaches patience, carefulness, appreciation for the time/work ratio, and appreciation of good tools, and good gloves! [/QUOTE]
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