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drivesitfar: Thanks for the generous offer! I've sent you a PM.

Wow, this is a great thread! Inspiring. I'm looking forward to updates.

I drill a lot of holes in aluminum, primarily. I'm an audiophile hobbyist, and I build Hifi tube amplifiers. Like this: :)

LOL! I wouldn't be surprised if the previous owner is/was a GJ member. He's a machinist by trade and had some great stuff in his garage, but apparently this drill press came from his friend's grandfather, who'd been the original owner. That guy was also a machinist who liked to tinker, but...

My drill press is my most used tool. Indispensable. For the past eight years or so, I've been working with a Ryobi that I bought at Home Depot. It was selected at the time for it's price tag - it was the cheapest thing on the shelf! To be fair, the little Ryobi wasn't a terrible machine...

Thanks for the nice welcome, all!

All this suckage... It's a weird kinda love, but I'm feelin' it! :D Different Saks store, but did you know that the Mall of America is currently expanding? Because 4.87 million sqft of shopping isn't quite enough! :rolleyes:

Hah! :lol: No, they're closing this location and liquidating everything to make way for a giant Walgreens... The bench grinder will be a welcome addition to my simple "shop" in the garage, once things warm up a bit. I work with aluminum mostly, cutting and drilling holes to build hifi tube...

drivesitfar suggested I post this one here... $35 at Saks Fifth Ave, of all places! :)

Right, huh? It was a weird bit of serendipity that really made my week!

Oh, and it came with a few "extras," too. I cherry-picked to get the USA stuff...

I work in downtown Minneapolis and the store here is closing. For ten years, I've cut through the store via the skyway that takes me to my favorite coffee shop a few blocks down, but I'd never purchased anything there. Well, now the store is closing and they're selling everything, down to the...

Pics, huh? Sure, I can do that!

...and I bought a bench grinder. How's that for a first post?