Whip-
I think the sence of humor thing is a good thing for most forums to have.
You just can't always get across in type exactly what you mean every time, and sometimes that can lead to issues. I'm on another machinist site and it always seems like one of the postings gets sideways over something, and its not even by the guy who started the post!
Anyway, My background is mechanical engineering. I have a full machine shop at my house with a CNC mill, Lathe, Tig, Mig and the support tools.
This is my second rod that I built. The first was a model A. Had that for about 22 years but I really wanted a duce. So, here I am.

Sid