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first there was the purchase of the laminate trimmer. next was the ibm laptop for the brains, along with the linux operating system, and controlling software. then the 5 hp shop vac for dust control. then, i ordered the casters from northern tool, now that was an adventure. ordered the 3 1/2" casters (they were out of the 4"). when i opened the box, much to my surprise there were four 3" casters. highly usable, but hardly enough for what i needed. the label with the bar code was for the right size, but placed on the wrong casters. i let them know, and they apologized profusely, and refunded the price, and shipping, and let me keep the casters. i guess that's what happens when prison labor is used (the casters were made in china). then i bought the good 4" casters from hd, with the blue tires. last night (friday), i went to hd and picked up all the lumber, and mdf for the new bench, and dropped it off along with the other stuff at pop's. soon, very soon, when the weather really gets nice (and with the wife's permission), i will assemble the bench. hopefully after the next few months, i'll have set aside enough for the new machine. to be continued....