Wohoo!!! I bought me a lathe! $400 and all worth it.
http://www.cumminstools.com/browse.cfm/4,876.html Now all i need is a mill, bandsaw and welder and I'll be able to built ANYTHING.
oh man i'm gonna built the nicest potato guns created by man! Actually, fuck potato guns, i'll built me some real guns out of brass stock! But seriously, this is probably the best investment i have laid money on in my life. I'll be able to built all the crap that i had on my mind that I didnt have the tools to make, and all the couplers! The couplers! No more using ductape to hook up drive shafts! Yay!
i think buying this just lowered my life expectancy from 36 to 32.