On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:46:27 -0700, mac wrote:

If I'm not using the
tailstock, I usually rotate the headstock to 45 degrees and use my
normal rest.. Just a better position for my old bones than leaning over
the rails..

Amen! That was one of the selling points of the General as far as I was
concerned.

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