DavyDee
Member
Hi all, I’m Dave and whilst I’m originally from the UK, we moved to Canada in 2003. My first Canadian Job was in Calgary where I opened and managed the Busy Bee Tools Store.
We moved from the city in 2005 to an acreage a few miles east of Stavely where I hung up a shingle for my Gunsmithing business, just Part Time while still employed by BBT as VP of Sales.
Enjoying the Gunsmithing more than the near 300 km daily commute.
I own a Craftex CT089 13 x 24 Lathe which resides in my basement shop and regret not buying a 40” Lathe daily, although getting a 40” down the stairs would have presented way too many problems.
I recently bought a B1977 Mill/Drill, again a compromise because of my shop location but it works great for me and my buddy and I will be converting it to Variable Speed soon so as to do away with those really painful belt swaps for speed changes.
Looking forward to drawing on the wealth of knowledge that these place invariably attract.
We moved from the city in 2005 to an acreage a few miles east of Stavely where I hung up a shingle for my Gunsmithing business, just Part Time while still employed by BBT as VP of Sales.
Enjoying the Gunsmithing more than the near 300 km daily commute.
I own a Craftex CT089 13 x 24 Lathe which resides in my basement shop and regret not buying a 40” Lathe daily, although getting a 40” down the stairs would have presented way too many problems.
I recently bought a B1977 Mill/Drill, again a compromise because of my shop location but it works great for me and my buddy and I will be converting it to Variable Speed soon so as to do away with those really painful belt swaps for speed changes.
Looking forward to drawing on the wealth of knowledge that these place invariably attract.
