March 10th, 2018: Ruby Loftus

[Leus]

With a custom tool she may be cutting threads. Brits are weird, perhaps they called this operation "screwing" back in the day.

Goggles? Real machinists need no bloody goggles.

Yes, both hands are in the wrong place.

Oh, the hairnet is for keeping your scalp in place.

Beautiful painting, yeah?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Leus

Yes, both hands are in the wrong place.

I wasn't paying attention to that, but now it bugs me. Poser. Like GWB in a flight suit.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by glatt

I wasn't paying attention to that, but now it bugs me. Poser. Like GWB in a flight suit.

Could be a 'poser', like when a scientist is told to look more sciencey by a photographer, and holds a test tube even though they're an astrophysicist.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Leus

Brits are weird...

I think that you mean enigmatic or engagingly eccentric.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Leus

With a custom tool she may be cutting threads. Brits are weird, perhaps they called this operation "screwing" back in the day.

I figured they might call tread cutting screwing, but in the painting she is not cutting threads.
I think the thread cutting bit may be shown sitting behind the turret toward the tailstock.