Art Eatman
Moderator In Memoriam
My uncle bought a South Bend lathe from the military surplus sales at San Antonio, back around 1946-ish. It was already somewhere near "tired" when he got it.
He did a bunch of gunsmith work with it, building some half-MOA rifles. I was awed by his making four 6x48 screws to mount a scope.
It was close to "wore out" when I inherited it. Even at my level of ignorance, I could hold tolerances to just under a thousandth.
He did a bunch of gunsmith work with it, building some half-MOA rifles. I was awed by his making four 6x48 screws to mount a scope.
It was close to "wore out" when I inherited it. Even at my level of ignorance, I could hold tolerances to just under a thousandth.