Hi Gene
me too dibs No2. Ill pay post even pay for the throw backs love that manufactured not quit right stuff. also manufacturing process stuff.
Which brings me to a question. How do you lathe chips. Ive never seen a photo? i mean how do you center a set of chips that are all odd shapes in a lathe chuck?? That does my head in?[/QUOTE
i’ve always wondered this as well. my guess is some kind of spacer/plate that aligns the recess between every chip and turn a barrel or two at a time?? the inlay recess would be the only true center on a raw chip