Hi Tim,
I just stumbled across this thread today.....I'm late to the party again.......
That sounds like a win to me!
Congratulations.
Don't worry about that. You said/did nothing to offend. I suspect that there are many people like me that bought the Gingery books to see how all that was possible, but then realized that the cost/benefit ratio was NOT in their favour. For me, I would be dead long before I have time to finish building the Gingery machine shop collection.
However, even though I was short an time I could eventually scrape together the money for an old lathe (1937 Southbend) and old mill (1916 Cincinnati).
The lessons learned from the Gingery series DID give me a pile of insight into checking these machines and making some additions.
I am hoping that my health holds out long enough for me to retire and spend much more time in my workshop.
I'd love to change the time/cost benefit analysis for so amny projects.
Please feel free to post anytime about any of your projects!
-brino