Well, I did do some things in the shop today. Basically, I cleaned up two old jointers and started assembling an old (1941) South Bend 9C lathe that I've had sitting in a box for the last couple of years. Having gotten rid of a couple of wood lathes, I decided to start clearing out some other old machines I'm not likely to use. My shop is tiny and I really need the space. And now a really good buddy of mine thinks I'm a prince because I'm giving him a Craftsman wood lathe and a Delta jointer for free.
And I guess I'll give the extra table saw to my son-in-law. But no jointer. He'd probably be OK, but I don't want to run any risk of making my daughter a widow and my grandchildren fatherless.
But that wasn't the project I came on to write about.
And I didn't do it in my shop.
Since somebody was kind enough to provide a PDF link to a "Manual of Lathe Operations", I hypothetically decided to produce a hard copy. Thirty years of Government service experience sprang into action.
Fortunately, I had bought a required tool. One that was fairly standard in Federal service until recently. A made-in-the-USA three hole punch:
And I had a black three-ring binder with label holder:
And now I hypothetically have a copy:
Hypothetically.
PS Under the old copyright law this would be public domain by now for sure.