I'm a little late to the party but thought I'd throw in on the Bitzenburger too. I started off with the Bohning helical jig that clamps all three at once, and could never get a good 'seat' to the vanes. glue would goop where it shouldn't, there wouldn't be enough left on the vane, there'd be...
The Sigma Art Series 35 1.4 is my absolute favorite lens. I loved the 70-200, I loved the 24-70, but I loooove the 35. It's a great size, the field of view is about what I see so it's easy to sort of frame a shot in my mind, it's got great image quality, I just love using that lens. A 24-70...
The Gracey has done me well, especially with the carbide cutter upgrade. But, I haven't used anything else so I can't really compare it, and it's not exactly inexpensive.
Bought a Singer 4423 on Amazon for cheap a few years ago, finally broke it out to make a seat for a BSA I had for a spell. Typical fashion, just dove right in. Fabbed up an aluminum seat pan, made sure I had tension on the thread set correctly on a cutoff and then start sewing the pad in the...