On ye art and mysterie of turning (http://homepages.ihug.com.au/%7Edispater/turning.htm)
The addiction has been around for a while.
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7th July 2012, 03:03 PM
And here's the history of socks.
Lonely Sock - The history of socks (http://www.lonelysock.com/SockHistory.html)
Lathe history much more exciting.
Amazing the guys turning vertically.
One guy is cutting 125 TPI acurately, How good is that....
(sorry, couldn't help myself)