I finally did it

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Gary Ljostad

>Congratulations Jared. You are going to love it. Happy Hollidays,

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Dale Cook

>Way to go! I ordered my 3520 from the same place exactly a year ago and I love it.It sounds like you have a little wood to break it in. Have Fun!

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Earl

>Great way to go! Just got mine about 2 weeks ago. I can't be how it works compared to my old Delta 46-701. Bet you can't hardly wait for January.

Earl

Congrats!

Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Hi Jared,

Those mini latehs have a way morphing into much bigger lathes : ).....I think it's all a part of an evil scam by the lathe makers!

Enjoy your well deserved new lathe. You'll love being able to spin bigger bowls!

Jennifer

You'll be thrilled

Mike Schwing from Md.

>I turn on a 3520, too. Still love it just as much as I did on day one.

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Mike Rubes, Apex, NC

>Hi Jared,

Congrats! I've never heard of anyone who got that lathe and then regretted it. Enjoy your big Mustard Machine :)

Mike

While dreams of big iron danced in their heads in Apex, NC...

Congrats!

Bob Hackett

>I think you`ll find that your turning is about to take a BIG leap forward.

Now we can only hope you`ve been good enough that Santa will bring a digital camera so you can post pics of all the new and bigger stuff coming out of the shop.

Merry Christmas to you!

Mainely,Bob

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Keith Tompkins

>congrats, Jared! I still go into my shop and admire my lathe, I must admit. I hope you get many years of enjoyment from it. Merry Christmas!

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Dick Hines

>You will love it. I have had one for going on 2 years. The only problem I have had is I don't get enough time with it.

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Roger Myers

>picked mine up two weeks ago...I'm still on cloud 9!!

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Dinyar Chavda

>Congratulations, Jared. I saw Mike Schwing's Powermatic, and it is a nice little beast!

One thing, though, that really jumped out at me from your posting:

"And finally I got $900 from a settlement on a class action lawsuit that was unexpected and all I had to do to get it was fill out a little paperwork and send it in"

How did that happen? I "invested" in several companies in the 90s (my timing was perfect--I caught the bubble just as it burst, and rode it all the way down, doing additional buying in some case to cost-average, and thereby lose even more money!). I filled out several forms for class action suits against many of these companies that were guilty of fraud, and the settlements I have been getting are more in the nature of the $53 we just got from Lucent! In many cases, the settlement was a discount on some accessory for some equipment that entailed your spending more money, and which you did not need in the first place.

You'll have to let me into your secret! :-)

Dinyar

class action Long

jared

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Hello Dinyar: This is a little different sort of thing that I collected on. I farm for a living and raise corn and soybeans. [a side note to this is that it gives me all winter to fool with my wood working] A few years ago a company sold seed to a few farmers that was genetically modified to repel a certain insect pest called corn borers. The grain from this seed was not approved for export or human consumption at the time of planting but the company anticipated that it would be approved by harvest time. It was not and never was approved for any use except livestock feed in the united states. The grain was supposed to be segregated and feed only to livestock in the US. It was detected in some taco flour in Mexico and some other places. It was never proven to be harmful to humans, it was just not ever approved for use. The farmers that planted the seed were compensated immediately. I did not plant any of it but because of the bad publicity surrounding the whole thing, the corn market for all producers was depressed for a period of time so I was compensated a few cents a bushel for each bushel of corn a sold in that particular year. I lost more money on my sales than what the lawsuit gave back to me but at least it was something. This process has been going on for several years and is finally done. I am just glad to get what I did out of it. It was very easy to become a member of the class but I know that a lot of farmers did not know about it or did not take the time to fill out the paper work, it was basically just free money to me with very little work involved. The only other time I collected, a few years ago each of my family members, 4, got about $15 cash back on the music CD price fixing thing. It pays to read the newspapers. Jared

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JamieDonaldson

>I'm amazed to hear that anyone other than attorneys actually made some money on a class action settlement! I hope you haven't spent it before the check arrives! Good luck with the lathe- it's a good investment and pays many dividends over a long period of time!

lawsuit

jared

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I have the money in cash form. The settlement was in the form of a cash card from bankone. However, I did not receive one to start with, called the company and they sent me a replacement. Then when the statement came, they took a charge of $25 for mailing a new one to me. I intend to get that back eventually. I am sure the lawyers got most of the money though. Jared