PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - At one with the plane and the four stages...
Old 23rd Mar 2015, 10:39
  #12 (permalink)  
Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: UK
Posts: 3,325
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
It's both. An expert can't turn a piece of metal to an accuracy of a gnat's hair if the lathe is only good to the nearest 1/8 inch.

A neophyte can't do it on the best of lathes.
Shaggy Sheep Driver is offline