While that sounds like a wonderful idea, I’d hate to push someone to reveal him/her self who may prefer to remain anonymous. Besides, the good vendors are the good vendors. We should support them whether they contributed specifically to this fund or not. But, most of the truly good ones probably did contribute, is the feeling I got from VOB’s post.
Fantastic! Thanks so much to everyone for their kindness and generosity toward a very deserving member. And many thanks to VOB too for running the campaign, I know he really bent over backwards to make this all work out.
By the way, VOB and Justin asked me to do an audit of VOB's handling of the funds just to assure our members that the funds were managed correctly. I ran through a PDF of VOB's PayPal account status with a fine-toothed comb, and there was only a small discrepancy of $3.14, which is probably related to international currency conversion complications. VOB did a fantastic job running all of this, and we just wanted to let everyone know that all of their generous donations reached the intended recipient.
Justin is the only lucky soul I know that can win a decent lottery payoff without ever buying a ticket!
Nice job everybody, Justin is having a blast (well, more or less) getting the lathe ready to go to work and the lathe itself is an impressive looking piece of equipment! The 10 x 22 size looks to be a great choice, he should be able to do a lot with this… really looking forward to seeing the procession here.
Justin very generously gifted to me the smaller drill press he was working with previously, which was in turn a gift to him from the forum or an individual here. I have cut my first copper with it and it works splendidly! And so yes, I’ve seen the lathe in Justin’s “shop” and it looks right at home there.
Thanks DavidEF for the mental nudge!
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