hot burning metal is hell. at naked skinn.so hope you vearing some safty hipster stuff,,, driving your lathe at 850 rpm..use a kerameic cutting steel..
That is ok so long as the hot metal makes a nice pattern on your forearms. Kinda like branding. Could be a new trend.
As far as hipsters Frank has to be the granddaddy of all hipsters. I mean just check out his beard, and he has to wear lots of flannel. I beat flannel has been in and out of fashion several times already since Frank started wearing flannel.
Frank you need to up your useless intellectual banter too. I mean would it kills you to go on and on about the zen of machining or some non sense.
Sometimes when I am alone in the shop making a new part I just experience this zen type flow where me and the lathe are one. Something like that but more pretentious.