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Yes, and no, on the computers. I've been playing with them since the late 70's, and think they're marvelous toys, but I'm not sure they're ready for prime time, yet. I want bullet-proof, fault-tolerant, and neural interfaces. :) I have been able to collect a tremendous amount of info on metalworking and other hobbies of mine, though, that would have been very difficult to do with physical books, magazines, and drawings. I've got a nominal 500gb microSD card in my phone with a goodly chunk of my metalworking stuff on it, and about 11,000 books of fiction, and still have about 50gb of free space on it. Try to carry 20 physical books anywhere! And the ability to magnify details isn't bad, either. I did have to put a new 2tb drive in my desktop computer, as I had the 1tb drive nearly full. OTH, that much data in physical books would probably take up the entire volume of my workshop area. I've got what used to be the garage (11x32) and the former back porch(16x21) for about 600 square feet of shop space. Most of my books and the computers and such are in here, too, of course. If I'm clever about how I arrange stuff, and get rid of some stuff I probably don't need, I should be able to fit the 4 lathes, one Lewis shape,? two and a half milling machines (one of the lathes is a 3-in-1 combination machine) two band saws,? three drill presses, and a couple of welders, a small bench shear, and a bunch of hand tools in and still be able to do some work. I've just (while typing this) figured out a solution to one of my problems. I've got two bandsaws, one is a 4x6 H/V machine like yours, and one is an old Craftsman 12 2-wheel woodworking saw. I've been trying to make it possible to cut metal and wood on it, and not gotten very far. All I have to do it forget metal cutting on it, get put back together to do wood, and then fix the 4x6. That's what I get for getting fixated on a solution, and not taking a good look at what I have!?

Thanks!

Bill in OKC