This is just fyI - I found out today that Acme tools offers a military discount. It's something you have to ask for but none the less, it's available. I was told it's on a sliding scale and that tells me that it's probably a 10% discount up to a max of $150. I got the max of $150 and that paid my state sales tax and most of the lift gate fee.
Actually, back in 1964 a friend bought a Plymouth Satellite. 2dht w/318 and 4 speed I think at the time it was may have been at the low end of the spectrum ($$$$) but a really sweet looking car.
I think there are a couple of Acme tool companies. There are some around here that are based out of North Dakota. They have 8 to 10 stores in Iowa, SD, ND and MN. They are nice, they are having trouble finding quality people that have customer service skills. Then I saw another Acme tool on the internet...I know zero about them....
My brother had a GTX, the dodge version of a road runner.....they were big cars! I always wanted a 'Cuda...never got one.
I'm a fan of Acme tool. I've ordered almost all my cordless tools from there, as well as my drum sander. I didn't have to pay an extra freight charge, and got it in 2 days via lift gate to my garage (perks of being close to their Grand Forks distribution center I suppose). Haven't had a bad experience with them yet. Though the military discount doesn't apply to me, it's nice to hear they offer it.
A Plymouth Superbird (Road Runner) is a dream car of mine. One I'm sure I'll never own, but still
I had to pay a $75 lift gate fee - could have had it delivered to my local lumber yard and unload w/a lift truck but then still would have to get it home and off the back of my pick up. Without help, it would end up quite a chore, I learned that much when I got the Rikon band saw.
Applause for Acme tools - I ordered my Voyager on the 23 of June, it arrived today June 30 at 11:45. It's 1:35 PM right now and it was set up and ready to run. Justification for such an expenditure ? Pretty sure I don't need to justify anything, just need to thank my wife for her understanding - she actually said go ahead and and order it, I don't care.
so far all I have say about my Voyager is that it is somewhat of a learning curve with precision. Sure does make a few of my repetitive procedures dumbass simple. I came close to buyers remorse, then like anything else I jumped in and it's making sense now.
Thanks Eric, A guy can't have too many toys - I mean tools. I guess my next question for the masses is whether the Voyager falls into the CNC category since it does have an onboard computer ? I like to think not because although I get to tell it what to do, I still have to manually do it.
If it is moving the quill up and down to drill the holes to a specified depth, then yes, that might qualify as a simple CNC operation. If it just controlling the speed, then I would say no.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
If it is moving the quill up and down to drill the holes to a specified depth, then yes, that might qualify as a simple CNC operation. If it just controlling the speed, then I would say no.
Then any drill press could be considered a CNC ? Shucks, I've had a CNC for years and not only that, my radial drill press should be a super CNC ?
