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I first became aware of this plucky New Zealand guy in the 60's in Popular Mechanics magazine .Proving once again to never judge a book by it's cover nor is the genus of a mechanical wizard detained by lack of tools .
John Britten was another New Zealander that built a super bike in his garage and took on the world
 

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On this subject of hard cast iron I did some more reading .Regarding the fast Indian MC those were cast iron gas lines a half inch thick most likely much like our grey iron not the hot pour sewer pipes harder than twice hammered hell .
 

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Back to carbide .I have a lathe boring bar with about 5- 6 inches of reach made from an insert drill bit used for boring wrist pin holes in automotive pistons. That bar is solid carbide that is not possible to bend . It runs on a Aloris type tool holder .I made all that stuff not unlike good ole Burt but I certainly have a better choice of methods than he had . I might mention I inherited some of my machinists tools that have been through four generations going back to my great grandfather who took a boat ride from England to Ellis Island the first decade of the last century .As for the ability to do it that was also inherited .It's in my genes evidently .
 

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Back to carbide .I have a lathe boring bar with about 5- 6 inches of reach made from an insert drill bit used for boring wrist pin holes in automotive pistons. That bar is solid carbide that is not possible to bend . It runs on a Aloris type tool holder .I made all that stuff not unlike good ole Burt but I certainly have a better choice of methods than he had . I might mention I inherited some of my machinists tools that have been through four generations going back to my great grandfather who took a boat ride from England to Ellis Island the first decade of the last century .As for the ability to do it that was also inherited .It's in my genes evidently .

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Well I finally got a chance to run it today. My $40 holzforma chains run circles around it as far as speed. For $80 ill just stick with my chinesium. When I finish the log that had all the nails ill give a try. I'm sure it has its uses, I just don't see milling being one of them.
 

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Thought as much!
 
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