> When I consider getting grinder residue (read "grit") into, onto, and over
> the ways and headstock of a lathe, I think that this may be a false economy.
> 
> Kirk Hays

You may be right!  I tell myself nothing's getting into the tapers so what's
the big deal.  It does make me feel a little hincky though.  May be
justification for a purchasing a tormek or...what I really want...a home
made treadle lathe!!!!!!!!