The Home Machinist!

In this case, you are her knight.

Yea, sure, maybe 30 years ago

Googles or a full face shield, and particle masks.

Full face mounted on top of a hard hat, hat is what I wore to the grocery store.
Wife scolded me like a teenager "You are not going out in public like that"
What is the matter with women?

Old, retired, spend most of the day alone in the shop. More likely to get a bloody finger than the virus. We never socialized or party much, but enjoy have some professional to cook for us. We will miss restaurant for a while. If push come to shove I think our pantry can feed us for at least a month...

Got it. I knew somebody would have a sensible explanation. Is a typical problem of reaching an equilibrium with a threshold on ability to jump the gap. The ocean is growing, the islands are shrinking and the boat have a fixed range. Or another way to put it the immunized set is growing and dispersin...

Why do I post this here? Because the people on this board cover just about the entire human knowledge, a Wikipedia of smart. Plus is the only place I go and trust. Virus come and virus fade away. What is the mechanism that abate the epidemic? Granted that a cure or a vaccine can be found and contain...

The reason I suggested to be a drill for flush rivet holes is hat it may explain the odd size pilot hole and the various angle like the rivet heads are different for different skin thickness. Is just a guess, I have no airplane technology knowledge.

Flush rivets like in airplanes?

I do not know if propane behaves the same but I made a City Gas lighter by turning a short Nickel Chrome wire red hot with current.

Thanks Bill.

Crazy, how is the part "extruded" from the collet while spinning and holding the part?

The smallest diameter is 1/3 the length.

Of its own section

The smallest diameter is 1/3 the length. No problem, held in a collett do that first. All other feature are "short". No problem there. Push out and turn down. This way you are not cutting to far from the chuck. The "wrong way" is to weaken the entire length progressively until you are left with a fl...