strange remark about your collection?

From: Dave Caroline <dave.thearchivist at gmail.com> To hell with the mine is bigger brag :) C: It's really not about that I don't think. It's about conditioning. Most machinists are...ta da, machinists. They've sweated out in hot/cold/dimly lit shops for eons (I actually worked in one them for a couple of months). Using humongous swarfblasters that have steel bins to catch the turnings. They see a Derbyshire and look upon it as a toy. ?On one of the forums, there was this discussion about a man who wanted to find something to start working on clocks and such. Someone, joking around, calls out "git yourself a 17 x 60. You can make small part on a big lathe!" For some if you can't true your crankshaft it just ain't no good. "Sometime a small lathe is useful I did not expand the match head http://gears.archivist.info/gears/IMG_1214_hires.JPG Was a proof of concept but the price seemed to frighten the prospective customer :( part made on the little starturn lathe with the teeth cut on the 5 axis which also is a small machine 3mm od" C: Right. Which is why you put one of these in your living room: http://qmt-india.com/lathes/extra_heavy_duty_cone_pulley so you can make that stuff, plus anything a lot bigger! Makes perfect sense to me. Can't beat that 80" swing. You could mount _me_ on the face plate!