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Originally Posted by aggiegrads
Holy cow, Andy. That is beautiful. It is a shame that more shops don't have a small lathe.

I had a mechanic/machinist that was working on one of my bikes - a steel frame with a King headset. He wasn't happy with the headset adjustment, so he faced the top and bottom of my stem to get a more consistent adjustment. That headset is SMOOTH.
That ain't no shop, that's my basement (which is better equipped tool wise then the shop at work, excepting the Phil spoke cutter of mine that is at work). I repainted and "tuned up" this lathe this Fall. Lots of dirty work removing the old three layers of paint... Thanks, Andy
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