Notices by Michael K Johnson (mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info), page 2

@jmorris FYI: If you boil in alum solution to dissolve the taps as I have, make sure to submerge the whole part — I ended up with a permanent line at the interface of the boiling water that I didn't succeed in polishing out when I dissolved one tap out of a piece of 6160.

Headline: "Harvard Study: Sticking to a Mediterranean Lifestyle Can Reduce Your Risk of Death"

No, actually. No, it can't.

"Doctor, what are my chances?"

"Zero. Same as mine. Same as everyone else's."

I spent some time on design for manufacture for my caliper-based tailstock DRO mount. I do have to figure out how to fixture it on my rotary table, but that's a solvable problem.