Recent content by Rodney Brown

Benchrest shooting season is in full swing, two full-time computer programming contracts, main property plus a renovation project, 22 chickens and a dog, and the wife is working out of town for a year... I've still got 2 hours (between 2am and 4am) available that I haven't filled in yet. I wade...

Redhat is alive and well, but is currently a subsidiary of IBM. Reminds me of a moment in my past. In the 90's I worked for a mapping software startup in upstate NY. Matt Szulik was the head of marketing and invited me to leave coding behind to join his marketing team. Should have taken the...

Hmmm, interesting discussion, especially since some of us old f**ts have actually been in the computer-tech world most of our lives. I've been a software developer and IT entrepreneur for 38 years now and still make my living every day doing tech-stuff -- writing Windows desktop, web, and mobile...

Actually with a rear toolpost, the tool can be run upside-down and the chuck in the normal direction (or vice-versa -- tool normal, chuck reverse). I have an AXA toolpost on the compound, and a BXA toolpost mounted directly to the saddle... easy to do with my Nardini since it has T-slots in the...

Hello Everyone! I ran across this forum looking for plans on making a rotary broaching tool. The information was solid and I thought I would join up just to not be one of those anonymous lurkers. No engines in my stable yet, though I've been thinking about starting on one. I'm a grey-haired...