Hmmmm- - - - -my shop isn't quite that fancy, and some of my equipment is older than me. One of my Van Norman boring bars has a brass tag attached that says "wartime production finish". They were embarrassed to turn out something that rough looking. I can still hold a +/- .0005" diameter tolerance with it, though!
Jerry


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!