Folks, in no way whatsoever did I intend to even raise a shadow of a doubt as to the quality of Mr. Merrington's work. Those of you who jumped in to defend his work are singing to the choir, his work needs no defense to me. I merely expressed surprise that a Central Machinery lathe, which is the very cheaply built Chinese brand sold by Harbor Freight, would appear in his shop. The picture looks just like the currently listed model in the Harbor Freight catalog. As I said, I have my own lathe, a heavy 12" x 36" much better than a Harbor Freight machine, as well as a small horizontal mill and assorted other tooling in my basement shop, and I am familiar enough with them to do an occasional Mauser barreling job or make an occasional part when required. I know Mr. Merrington's good reputation, he has done work for me, I am ONLY questioning the machine in the photo. OK????? I NEVER said he didn't "know what he's doing." Geeezze!!!
