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Welcome! You can do both ... and metric if you want to. Folks on this site are egalitarian.

I appreciate your points, Robert and Aliva. The video caused me to muse about the maxim "Form follows function" which was applied to excess ornamentation in architecture and industrial design. In this case, a mechanism which requires quality materials, precise design and manufacture to function...

Many good Fountain Pens are available for $400. No ball bearings in their mechanisms though.

Thanks, Robert. I wonder what they charge for the finished pen?

Good price and Vol's. Two and Three are currently out of print. Guy's books belong right beside Tom Lipton in the compleat machinist's shop. VR/DGC

... and welcome. from Stittsville. We. raised. our. daughter in. Blackburn. Liked it a lot and our dog loved. the. trails.

That was what I. was. taught. to. do as. a tool. and. die. apprentice some 50. years ago!

Welcome from Stittsville (Ottawa)

Thanks, McGyver. There's an Inca Table. Saw and combo jointer/planer. on Kijiji. I'm considering them. Ditto your remarks on Felder.

Following this thread with great interest. Please forgive this excursion for McGiver's mention of Inca woodworking machinery. Years ago, in the days of Tage Frid at Fine Woodworking these were the tools to have. What do you think of them today McGiver in relation to current machinery like...