photekq, i was incredibly impressed with the hoffmeister's prototype brass cap made from your design. very cool.
the_beast and i were talking later about indexing all the machines we have access to in the states in terms of how operators deal with time, quoting, charges, quantity, etc. and just raw talent (well, we were talking about a couple specific ones, but we ended up kind of wandering around all of the machines we have access to..) not sure how much you paid to mill that piece, but your machinist is clearly pretty talented. and your design is solid (literally, lol, that thing weighs a ton hah)