Can't argue with your pictures John, most of what my shop has been running lately is aircraft parts and i would assume that the inspection process is less rigorous for things that don't fly.

On an unrelated topic, are you still in training for radiology? I went on a tour of a company that makes radiation shields for cancer patients. They make three dimensional aluminum or brass shields for limiting radiation exposure to surrounding tissues. Each one is custom made for a patient, with less than twelve hour turn around time. Really neat and hi tech machine shop.