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What has happened to Phil (Hermetic) Havent seen anything for a while - hope he is OK

What has happened to Phil Whitley (hermetic)? I enjoyed his Workshop videos but he hasn't posted for a while. Sure hope he is OK/ George

Joe - Please PM me gtaylor-at-mdi.net George Taylor

Toymaker, Your post #57 shows a .039 diameter tool in the comment as .0197 radius. Should that be .0195? Just learning :) George

John, Thank you for this tip. I signed up and began the tutorials. George

MrMetric, Just looked for OnShape and Sourceforge says there is a free version but I can't find anything about it except $2100 for professional.

Richard, Have you looked at Precision Matthew's 14-40 gunsmith's lathe? It seems to meet your requirements. If someone else mentioned this lathe. I apologize. https://www.precisionmatthews.com/shop/pm-1440e-lb/ George

Easymike29 and Billc are both correct. Easymike is not showing the full depth of the tountersink travel as Bill is.

Had a bit of trouble finding the Enots parting tool videos, so here is the one that compares tools: And here is the one on grinding a parting tool: In another video, I notice that he is using the insert tool type which I use. I have no trouble parting off with carbide inserts. George

Beautiful work! You are a very talented guy. A few Q's: I noted you have a Tormach - what model? Does the glass beading remove the tooling marks or do you need to finish the parts before blasting? Thanks for the great presentation. George

I just used DuckDuckGo and ordered the Model Engineering Workshop Manual for 43.57 pounds from Tee Publishing in England. They were about the third link in the list. Sorry to hijack the discussion, but if anyone is looking for the book it's much cheaper than the $4-500 price for a used...

Very impressive. Thanks for the details.

Bob, Nice solution :) Somewhat off topic, but would you explain in detail your heater and test setup? George

Brian, Always enjoy your efforts. Did you finally get the threads cleaned up? George