On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:29:35 -0700, "Bill" wrote:

I have been slowly making a prototype giant spur drive to send to a fellow
turner for testing - it's an excuse to play with my mill and learn how to
use it- well, there were plenty of learning experiences, but here's one I
did't expect - when I got done, I discovered I'd made a giant spur drive for
reverse turning only - in other words, the slope of the kife blades was
backwards - grrrr - I guess there really are times when a drawing would
help. But, at least I now have an extra box full of metal shavings to mix
with the wood shavings......

hmm.... not a lot of demand for outboard spur drives, Bill... *g*

I don't know if this is true, but supposedly when someone asked Edison how it
felt to fail over 1,000 times before getting a bulb to light, he said something
like "I never failed, I just found 1,000 ways that didn't work"...

Maybe the metal shavings would sell on Ebay as magic show accessories for
magnets??

Mac

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