Thank you gents for the fine compliments.
As I keep saying, as long as people take us as they find my family and myself (and I only put my teeth in for royalty, or if you have brought me a massive steak as a gift), then anyone can visit and be made welcome. But it does sometimes get a little crowded.
Stew and myself did lay the law down a little, and brought Chris down to earth with a bump. There is no easy way or free lunch when it comes to learning, it has to be worked at, and that takes time.
We showed him the difference between milling on the lathe, and on a dedicated mill, and it got the point across right away. If you want to do it on the lathe, it has to be done the correct way, no lashups or shortcuts.
Chris's lathe is nothing like Darren's one was (very poorly), just a little tweaking here and there and it will be just fine. If I get time and feel up to it, I might get a bit of modifying done. But jobs on the go have to take priority at this moment in time.
So maybe another convert shown the correct direction to go in. I just hope we did our best in the short time we had.
John,
Send all the fettling and tuning you can, but if you want it back, please enclose enough cash for the return carriage plus a large donation to the workshop fund, otherwise it will go to build up my dwindling metal stash.
Bogs