My new Buddy Arrived!

[k4mg]

I just received my Buddy, and wanted to post a picture or two. I got the BT48 with a 4 foot PowerStick. I am adding two pictures at the bottom of this post, but there are lot's more pictures (in a viewable size!), and some comments about getting it off the truck on my CNC website at this page:
http://cnc.k4mg.com/ (http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/ShopBot/BuddyArrives.htm).


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[khaos]

Congrats.

[myxpykalix]

Barry,
I bet you never thought you would ever again experience that feeling you had as a kid looking at all the presents under the Christmas Tree. Well judging from that grin on your face standing in front of that big box, i'd swear it was Christmas!

[k4mg]

Jack,
I've got the grin, but the picture is of my friend Chuck, who helped me to unload. He's shorter than I am, and I was trying to capture the size of the crate, which was a real shocker. I'm the old guy on the tractor.

Barry

[ed_lang]

Hi Barry,

I am sure you are very happy with your machine, but I could not let two things pass without saying something about them.

First, I see one of your pictures has ladder line in the lower right corner and another picture has the end of a dipole (insulator and line to the shop to tie it off). I picked right up on those details and then saw the buddy! HI HI.

Take care, DE KC4YLX

[k4mg]

Hi Ed,
Yes, 48 years a Ham, you've found my secret!

I've had a small CNC machine for a while, but felt the urge to have a bigger one. The ShopBot was on my list right from the beginning, but for hobby use it was hard to justify the expense. Eventually I found myself making more and more miniature furniture, and I knew the time had come.

73, Barry K4MG

[harryball]

I don't know why this got orphaned in a thread it's own but...

Congrats! The Buddys are great little machines.

Nice Tractor too, I find the JD 4310 to be a nice little work horse.

Be sure to post all the great things you are going to create!

/RB

[k4mg]

Hi Robert,

The problem was mine. I didn't see the images on the other post, so I re-posted with an apology for dual posting. I then deleted my duplicate post, but couldn't delete your answer. Can you still do it? Otherwise I'll ask the administrator.

I saw your JD at your Camp, same model I think. They're great tractors.

I put many of the little projects I did on my cnc web page, but haven't yet done any new ones with my 'Bot, but I sure plan to post about them.

This forum and it's members are great!

Barry