Robbie commented in 030703 MMDigest:

>[ Collectors talk about how they lust after something but few put
>[ up any money where their mouth is.  That's also why roll recutting
>[ projects fail.

Amen, Robbie!  I made more money selling the several perforators that
I built than I did selling rolls.  Of the thousands of dollars I'd
invested in material and work, I felt fortunate to have recovered the
major part.

As I have my own machine shop and did nearly all of the work myself,
it still cost me a lot of time that I could have put to a different
use where I'd have made a lot more in net income.

The best thing I'd say is that building and using my machines made
for an interesting subject for conversation but it was certainly not
remunerative.

Hal Davis