Tom B,
I completely agree with you. My first step was to find "an angel" that would gently guide me in my journey. He didn't spend much time with me but instead gave me essential pointers along the way. He was the one that said "read everything in sight on metal working" as you have recommended. He also encouraged me to go to the local community college where I spent a few years taking adult ed classes in their machine shop and welding shop. I joined the local metal working club back in IL and before I moved out to AZ, I had joined the one here. Both clubs had members that collectively knew just about everything. Fantastic resource.
The one piece of advice I did not follow was to buy a DRO before buying a power feed. I bought the power feed first and many years later got the DRO. He was right and I was wrong. A DRO changes the way you machine and the way you think about machining.
Rick
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Kerri,
None of us knew anything when we started out. Some of us were fortunate enough to work in an environment where we were taught what we needed to know. I would recommend you take some classes at your local community college, or join a metal working club. Talk to some one who works in the metal working field or shares your interest in metal working. By all means keep reading every thing you can find on metal work. Also before you take on a rebuild project, get the manuals and parts lists for the machines. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.
Tom B
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