Mike,
I hear you. My mastery of the two small metal lathes here is relegated to very simple processes, like I could do a bullet pusher. I am not up to cutting threads yet, although the one lathe has the chart on it for how to set it up to cut all kinds of threads. I do make some nice walking sticks on the big wood lathe, something I already know how to do. This bullet die situation is super frustrating. Maybe it will push me to spend the time on the metal lathes. I bought them to do this exact work. Becomes a time vs money question.
PA
