[ebarker]

If you really want to squeeze a dollar and maximize your purchase I'd recommend that you do the following exercise, which happens to be something we did over the summer.

1) Using an excel spreadsheet we created a table of everything in the KOP plus everything we had bought the past few years.

2) then we did an inventory of all of our raw parts, with cost. great exercise, you can learn how much money is laying around.

3) then we made another spreadsheet of our master wish list. this includes tools, parts, machine, trailer, shirts, everything. It is a huge list.

4) Then you do nothing.

5) Sit on this information ready to pull the trigger on purchases, but only after you KNOW you will need it, not THINK that you need it.

After all, the only thing you can assume about next year is a cRio and a Microsoft Kinect.

Just in the past few months we have saved a ton of money by doing nothing because we ultimately determined other solutions or that we didn't really need it right now.

Planning is more important than spending right now !!
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