Pretty wide swath here. I'm having some trouble with "consumer goods," "scientific instruments," and "custom" all mixed in. I wouldn't want a Tommy gun in a muddy foxhole nor a treadle sewing machine in a barn full of chaff and dust. Maybe a .45 "grease gun" and a needle and thimble. Precision and tight tolerances and finish and decoration are seldom produced for the hell of it and no return in sight, whatever the tradition on South Audley St.

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