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Quorn or Stent? Let me start the ball rolling ….. I too had the same dilemma – I wanted a small T & C grinder, but was it to be the Quorn or the Stent? In the event, I chose the Quorn and completed construction over a period of several years. The Stent as designed is a fairly crude machine whilst the Quorn appears to be far more sophisticated.  Was this the right decision? Although the Quorn will carry out many operations, particularly with special attachments, I have become increasingly frustrated with it. The main reason being that, apart from movement along the bed bars, other mo...

When did you notice overt racism? >> well, when an employee that was under me, he told me that back in the day, a person like me would have been buried with a shovel. >> reporter: he said what to you? >> that was a death threat. and i was told to push bat to the side. >> reporter: boyd says he reported the incident. >> he admitted to it and i was pulled to the side and said, you know, if you want to build relationships here, you know, you just let things go, he'll be all right. >> reporter: but he says the threats got worse. were you afraid for your life? >> definitely. that's why i left. >> r...

Who want to put a noose around your neck and hang you until you're dead? >> reporter: there's a reason he brings up nooses, it's not a figure of speech. >> this is the picture of the noose i found the night i was at work on my shift. >> reporter: according to a lawsuit now pending against gm, this is someone of at least five nooses discovered at their workplace in separate incidents. the suit also claims there were signs that blacks were not welcome there. whites only scrawled on a bathroom wall along with swastikas on bathroom stalls and niggers not allowed scratched or written on bathroom wa...

Nooses, whites only signs and the "n" word on full display. sounds like something from the jim crow era, right? that's not more than -- this is exactly, in fact, what more than a half dozen black autoworkers at a general motors plant in w ohio say they're facing in a lawsuit against the automaker. gm says it's doing all it can to get rid of the problem but a state law enforcement agency says they aren't doing enough. cnn's sara sidner has the details on this story and i must warn you, it includes disturbing racial slurs. >> reporter: every day he walked into work, marcus boyd prayed he'd survi...

Language in this story. >> everyday he walks into walk, marcus boyd, prays that he'll survive his shift. >> i feel at risk for my life everyday. >> reporter: both working at the general motors plant in toledo, high hel ohio. brooks struggled to what was handling of what was happening at work. >> how rough can you be if you have 11 or 12 people who wants to put a noose on your neck. >> this was the picture that i found. >> reporter: according to a lawsuit pending against gm, this is one of five nooses discovered at the workplace in several incidents. there were signs that blacks were not welcom...