From: lfiskgr@gmail.invalid   
      
   Hi,   
      
   Hackaday recently ran this article which I found interesting. I'm sure   
   there a few of you that already know this old story, but if not...   
      
   "Hacking When It Counts: DIY Prosthetics And The Prison Camp Lathe by   
   Dan Maloney   
      
   For as interesting a story as this is, source material is hard to come   
   by. Searches for “prison camp lathe” all seem to point back to a single   
   document written by one “R. Bradley, A.M.I.C.E” in 1949, describing the   
   building of the lathe. The story, which has been published multiple   
   times in various forms over the ensuing eight decades, is a fascinating   
   read that’s naturally heavy on engineering details, given the subject   
   matter and target audience. But one suspects there’s a lot more to the   
   story, especially from the few tantalizing details of the exploits   
   surrounding the tool’s creation that R. Bradley floats..."   
      
   https://hackaday.com/2025/07/14/hacking-when-it-counts-diy-prost   
   etics-and-the-prison-camp-lathe/   
      
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   Leon Fisk   
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