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"Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1v7pjhzvs.fsf@void.com...

Update these many weeks later...

Video on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/shorts/QWyuFxhJBiw?si=S6XRwMTUNetdnfHy
"Rod-mill 1st working"

I put in a few trowels of "sharp sand" - image of result here:
http://weldsmith.co.uk/greet/rodmill/pics/ptmp/250529_1st_gnd_sharpsand_m.jpg
Promising.

What's seen in video is a contraption.
Never-the-less, can do a range of valuable tests hopefully - informing
the next iteration of the project.

Regards,

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