Miniature bench grinder

[wizard69]

I find that Craftsmen who posses the ability and most of all the patience and perseverance to construct these marvels of workmanship to be among the finest artisans of the trades. Many years ago while I was building oilfield drill rigs a man contracted me to build a 6 ft tall derrick for a working model he was building for MR T Boon Pickens. I felt extremely honored to get to cut out and weld up the derrick but for my part the smallest materials I had to use were just small standard angle iron it was a lot of cutting and welding with a tig torch but still large enough that most anyone who could manufacture ornamental iron house hold burglar bars could have done the job. His work building the machinery portion of the rig. was so intricate that I likened it to the skills of a watchmaker.
My hat is off to anyone who has the skills to make such tiny and intricately complex models.

Some of these guys just do amazing work. I've gone to Cabin Fever just about every year and end up completely amazed by somebodies workmanship. I just hope that I can reach that level, probably after retirement, as time and patience are hard to come by for a working stiff. I grew up in farm country and there stuff is often built or repaired on the farm and it is never to that level; just get it working and get on with whatever is being held up. These model makers are the exactly opposite in every way, they literally refine every detail to perfection.