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Happy Birthday Devil Dogs
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oohrah! Semper Fi
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Semper Fi, Frank.
Exciting meeting today with the missile launch.
Dale
Exciting meeting today with the missile launch.
Dale
Happy Birthday Devil Dogs
Thanks for all your hard work.
Semper Fi
Thanks for all your hard work.
Semper Fi
Happy Birthday Marine oohrah!
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And this has what to do with woodturning????
Rifle stocks
Back when rifles (03, M1, M14) were made to fire accurately up to 1000 yards, the stocks were turned on lathes!
Semper Fidelis
Jack, 0311 Vietnam
Back when rifles (03, M1, M14) were made to fire accurately up to 1000 yards, the stocks were turned on lathes!
Semper Fidelis
Jack, 0311 Vietnam
Yep. Called a "Blanchard Lathe." Invented by Thomas Blanchard at Springfield Armory around 1820, for "Turning Irregular Forms." Patent numbers before the fire mid-19th century are haywire, but might be found as no. 3131x or x3131 (I forget which.) Works substantially the same as today's Duplicarver (Google for more).
Joe
1st Armored Division, 1966-68, but still admire you gyrenes.