Yes Ian does machine things to a much more finished state than most in the UK trade. He is the exception not the rule. To machine things to the state that Aaron has shown in his pictures takes hours and hours of CAD time and you need a certain level of volume to pay for it. Most of the trade works from much rougher machined pieces. Guys in the trade do not consider rough filing sadism, they consider it job security. We are a blue collar trade and few of us are looking for a desk job. I have a 3 axis mill and a top flight CAD/CAM program. Finding a job in the guntrade that makes such high level programming pay is another issue entirely.

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