Thanks for the comment, Al. The little lathe project hit the buffers.while I grappled with a towering mountain of paperwork. This is now completed, and I hope to return to the workshop. Some wise person once said: 'Procrastination is the thief of time'. How very true. Cheers! Hubert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: the wife... >I just have to blab this----in case youse guys do not > already know this, Hubert (Shep) is in the final > stages of designing and building his own precision > micro lathe. I have seen some photos of it and it is > a very good job he's doing on it. > > Al > 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.