I just bought a nice, old manual lathe for the shop. This is a 1954-ish Sheldon manual lathe, and something that has been on the shop wish-list for too long!! Her name is Camille, and I am already quite enamored.

While I can’t say that I have fully mastered all the operations quite yet, the capacity of the shop has jumped dramatically. As we take on more and more projects with kinetic elements our ability to design and produce components that fit and interact precisely is keeping pace.