The Brit model engineering group had a link to a personal projects page that merits a look.
Kevin Gallimore
axolotl wrote: ...
and includes book reviews from which I offer this quote:
"If you are a middle class or a senior person, the answer of worry in the processing of the current embarrassment will be found."
LOL! Bob
Excellent photography on those pages. The pictures really show off the workmanship. I wonder what he'll build once he gets done building the tooling.
I bet he's wondering about that too....
He does beautiful work, and his descriptions of how and why he does things are enlightening too.
Jeff
Check out the description of building the boring head. Outstanding work indeed.
Basically he just dismantled a commercial one, and started with that design. Made his own taps, dovetail cutters, etc.
Wow.
Jim
That's how the Japanese camera industry started. Right after WW II they took apart German Leicas and copied them. They looked exactly the same back then.
Some Leica copies:
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