PeteM
I bought my own machine to duplicate stocks. I got so tired of waiting for work to be done, having people tell me that the work would be done weeks before they got around to the job and got so tired of having poor work done that I spent several thousand dollars on a duplicating machine. Then I altered the machine to make it more flexible like a Hoenig is in the axis that it works in and beefed up the machine to make vibration less of a problem. I figure that after I do my 20 or 30 stock that I should be able to sell the machine and get my money back out of it. Plus I save a ton on shipping.
Before anyone ask I am not going into the business of doing work for others. I have more work to do for myself than I every have time to get done. Plus if I screw up a nice blank then I will just have to scream at myself. And I am sure that I will screw up a few. So far I am three for three but they have been very easy cases. A Lefever straight grip is next and that will be just a little bit harder. In fact I am making a second copier to deal with for-ends. They are more of a pain in the butt stock if you ask me and I see a way to make them much easier than on the large machine.
