I'm 77 but I got my first lathe when I was 16, a Myford S7 with which I machined castings for my first mill.
I raced motorcycles in my youth (where did that go?) and my machining efforts were making parts for the bikes. That has not changed much except that now I race classic motorcycles. That is what they now call the bikes that I raced back in the day.
My main machine tools are a CNC Bridgeport mill (CNCed from new) which I bought off a mate when I lived in the US for 3 years, and a JET 12 x 40 lathe which I have just converted to electronic control, not full CNC but close to it with ball screws whilst retaining manual operation albeit fly-by-wire. Then there are the usual drill presses, and several homemade tools like band saw, press, T&C grinder, etc.
BTW. I live in Spain but I grew up in the land of Oz. Moved to the UK to race in the Isle of Man. Didn't like living in the UK so moved to Spain.
Here is a Youtube playlist with some details of the latest "near" CNC build on my lathe.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...JVwwFANxyTc2Kj
and one showing various other workshop stuff; https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...O1hdmUIYO28Def
Here is a pic. of the mill that I built 60 years ago, it has followed me around the world.
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Which I turned into a T&C grinder 2 or 3 years ago;
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