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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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Once again, it's time for the FNGT! If you don't know how this works, click this link. That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. NOTE: That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then you can donate.

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There is a shop not very far from me that rebuilds starters and alternators that I use when mine go bad. They do a great job

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Once upon a time, I knew a guy who had the winding machine - to wind the copper wire. He was also an electronics genius. He was seriously fucking brilliant. His actual job was being a machinist - but he was self employed. Companies would come to him to figure out how to perform a process (for like manufacturing shit), get prototypes built, etc... Man, was he brilliant.

You'd have liked him. He too only worked when he wanted to, but his reputation meant he was constantly working. He was certainly pretty well off financially, 'cause the only thing he ever bought was the occasional tool. Most of the time, if he needed a tool he'd actually just make the tool himself.

I have a neighbor back in Maine that's a bit similar. I bought my woodsplitter from him. It hooks to the PTO on my tractor and will split a 4' log.

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So he was building armatures for electric motors and things like that? That's cool. I bet he could make some awesome pick ups!

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He'd mill anything he needed and his lathe work was equally good. It was hell trying to figure out what he was doing because he'd do a step in the process that didn't make any sense until ten steps later. It's like his brain worked differently, with a good understanding of logic.

I still have an amp and 4 x 4 cab that I had him make for me way back in the 80s. We lost touch not long after I graduated and started my business. He lived in a giant old house that was definitely in need of repair and paint or siding. His machine shop was in an old barn. Both of those existed in what'd still be technically Boston, so I'm sure his taxes were outlandish even back then. The last time I drove by where he used to live, there was a couple of duplex looking things on the property. I'm sure the property is worth 7 figures - easily.