Semi-Auto Thompson Stock Adapter...

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

I had a machinist do the milling and adapter plate fab, after all, for $180.

I don't need to tell you that you got robbed. And with an attitude no less.

In a way, I can understand the machinist's attitude. He didn't really want the job, and he wants to make sure you know it, and never come back.

I was working in my shop one day (several years ago) when I heard a go-cart like thing buzzing around. Teen-age neighbor kids, cutting through my 'lower 40' to get to their buddies on a neighboring road. (They policed the area after they had their inevitable 'parties', so I had no complaints). I could hear talking, and engine racing. I finally went out; they had stripped a keyway for the drive sprocket. I loaned them a couple tools to remove the rear axle, took it down and cut a new keyway, gave them a piece of keystock, and they were back in business inside an hour.

They're grown up and moved away, so I never see them anymore. Never knew them really, except to wave when they buzzed by. Go-karts/mini-bikes in Summer; sno-mobiles in Winter.

Lots of people I never knew have helped me out in my life. I'll never get a chance to repay them. But maybe someone else will.

My rant for the day.