Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu!pollack From: pollack@dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) Newsgroups: trial.rec.metalworking Subject: home machining? Message-ID: Date: 3 Jan 91 00:33:44 GMT Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: trial Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 18 I recently came across a journal called HOME SHOP MACHINIST which makes it appear as if there is a thriving American subculture with precision metalworking equipment at home. There seem to be only a few editor/contributors (who also advertise their own vanity press books), and all of the articles were serialized. But there were quite a few large advertisements, which means either they are very cheap to run, or someone is responding to them. The discussion in this tiny group so far seems to be about blacksmithing. Has anyone moved up the technology ladder from smithing to machining? Anybody playing with PC-driven Hobby CNC machines, or import combination mill/lathes? -- Jordan Pollack Assistant Professor CIS Dept/OSU Laboratory for AI Research 2036 Neil Ave Email: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu Columbus, OH 43210 Fax/Phone: (614) 292-4890