Mark, the way your thread is unravelling no answer is too outlandish. So
as two turners from Verona would have it:
What is turning? What is it?
That all our addicts commend it?
Crafty, artful and fun is it;
The craft such pleasure did lend it.
IOW, turning is in the mind of the observer.
Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter
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