I agree- - - -unless things can be produced by the thousands on CNC machinery, today's computer nerds think it can't be done. Case in point- - - - -King's Crankshafts in North Carolina- - - -which was once the "Go To" source for custom billet crankshafts for NASCAR engines. I bought one of his manual crankshaft grinding machines about 10 years ago for just above scrap iron price. The company went belly-up shortly afterwards. The King's crankshafts I was using on some of the round track engines I built were selling for $5500.00 apiece 30-something years ago, and he had a 3 to 4 month backlog of orders. When the old man retired and his son took over the business, things went downhill in a hurry!
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!