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  1. 10-10-2010, 12:04 PM #1
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    Nice to be back

    It has been ages since I last came and met you. I will not tell you the list of problems which prevented me from joining you here, but these are over (I Hope)

    Lately a French friend of mine came and visit me while I was tuning and explaining to an Italian student how to turn an off centre spike. My friend is sure not a good film operator, but he produced the following

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xto6-OEunc
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  3. 10-10-2010, 1:28 PM #2
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    Welcome back Claude! Glad to hear some of the problems are offering less interference...Bill...
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  4. 10-10-2010, 1:36 PM #3
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    Amazing! I would have expected that slim spindle to fly into a dozen pieces when the lathe was cranked up!
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  5. 10-10-2010, 1:56 PM #4
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    Thanks a lot William
    John, it's surprising to see how resistant the wood is
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    Simply fantastic! Thank you for sharing that.
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  7. 10-10-2010, 3:28 PM #6
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    Welcome back! Very interesting piece and video. Thanks
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  8. 10-10-2010, 4:12 PM #7
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    Welcome back Claude. Good to see ya posting. Really nice video and I thought the same thing. How does that thing stay so steady? Amazing.
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  9. 10-10-2010, 4:19 PM #8
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    Claude - Welcome back! Great little video! Always a pleasure to see your work! Thanks for sharing!
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  10. 10-10-2010, 6:02 PM #9
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    Yes thank you very much.

    Now I want to see more.

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  11. 10-10-2010, 7:01 PM #10
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    Wow, I can not understand what he is saying, but the body language seems to say "nothing to this"
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  12. 10-11-2010, 12:11 AM #11
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    wow that was pretty cool to watch, the wood certainly does surprise me.
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  13. 10-12-2010, 4:26 AM #12
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    Many thanks to any one of you for the welcome back greetings.
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