Boys, Boys!!
You are quite the wordsmith, which is a nice way of saying your a pretentious wind bag.
I don't want to hear from you anymore.
Just zip it young man.
Now where's that buzzer!
Pete, now we know Mort is older than you or he wouldn't be calling you 'young man.'
Mort, take five and get another cup of coffee.
This has been an interesting conversation. I have no professional training in machine work but when I first got into this stuff several years ago, I sometimes heard professionals speak of 'scraping in' something, so I did a little research on the internet. Interesting to say the least. I've never tried it but the question that always came to my mind was, why would it not be better to 'sand' or 'grind' away the high spots rather than scrape them away? Scraping just sounds so crude and unprofessional to me.
But remember that I'm far from a professional.
By the way, Pete I know you migrate between north and south depending on the season and that's probably the reason we have had trouble getting in touch with each other but I have a question. Where do you want me to send the Beggs dies? And I need to know what neck diameter you are using so I can send the correct size carbide bushings. I hope you can come out to Odessa again soon and shoot with me in the tunnel. I've learned some amazing new things about tuners and mine have been improved somewhat which makes them much easier to use. It is no longer necessary to use tools to make adjustments and the graduations are engraved in one thousandth increments either side of center. Simple and easy!
I must thank these three men for enlightening me. In no particular order they are, Mike Ezell, Richard Brensing and Rodney Brown. Thanks guys!
Mort, you're also welcome to come out and shoot in the tunnel. When it's cold and you're freezing your arse off up there, come on down. Weather is always perfect with NO wind in the tunnel. Fly in to Midland International Airport on Southwest Airlines and I'll pick you up. We can be at the tunnel in twenty minutes. You can shoot my equipment or if you drive, bring everything you,ve got and we can check 'em out and see what they're REALLY doing.
Later guys,
Gene Beggs