At 08:24 PM 1/20/06 -0000, you wrote: >My Isle of Man Beyer Peacock has a one piece casting for the dome. I don't >know where the casting came from but it is a heavy casting and the machining would have been beyond me - Dave Machining . . . more specifically holding while machining is the main question isn't it. I envision spending as much or more time on a jig/mandrel, etc, for holding a casting as I will the actual machining. I've made such things in hard wood before and managed to make them work so I may again. Regards, Harry MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.