Richard -
Mark & I are in contact, agreed to do the project sometime in a few weeks. He's figuring out the specs with you, so you've probably heard already.
Buck- Dave is not a "near" neighbor, but a few years ago a bunch of us in an area between Syracuse, Binghamton, Corning aproximate triangle & also including people from Northern PA began meeting originally once a week the first year. Doing shop tours, and lining up tours of local industries and museums, etc. Even had a Christmas dinner. That has wound down some 3 years later, but we still meet on a less regular basis & we are all more or less neighbors.
I was using one of your radiac wheels last night & thought of you. Posting that separately.
smt