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A Portuguese Puerto Rican born and raised in Manhattan would not be able to hold that back I guarantee. I know her too well. re winter.....We will see 30 degree temperature drops day to night in San Diego.....68 down to a bone chilling 48!!:eek: 48° is Not Winter nor very Cold! 68 - 48 = TWENTY!:D ...

I checked the access hole from the inside. It's all covered up with metal. Ya gotta sand cast one! Gee Now one of each in your 'museum'!:D tailstock......I have a new acronym for myself....IAABH!! I am a bonehead :o I knew that. Not news to 'US' either] So, what is the side of the SS to the left of...

2 days into it and my model is working as planned.....we're at 5069 members...54 to go to reach 5123 which is 2.7 newbies a day and we'll hit the mark as planned on 11-13-09. Gee maybe it will hit on JPG's b-day 11-15-09. Oh shoot.....I just thought of something that screws up my model. I was assum...

Well, I made up a quick and dirty prototype of the soda blast system that I referred to in post 1. I wanted to try it for paint removal. I followed the instructions as specified except I didn't have the correct 7/16" diameter clear vinyl tubing or the small OD air nozzle. Instead, the tubing w...

CA = super glue. Key word here is THIN ca glue. The thin ca glue is what it used to be b4 some idiot(s?) thought making it a gel was good idea. Methinks too many folks were gluing their fingers and other body parts together, so they made it thicker to make it easier to separate said body parts with...

reible wrote:Yes that is Arm and Hammer washing soda... my box now as it migrated to the garage from the laundry room.

Ed

Now that it has migrated, whatcha gonna do with it???

I don't know....maybe I'm brain damaged. I still don't get it AND I still don't see how Ed (reible) is in this. I don't even know what his plastic triangle is. Last I saw, it was brass . And no, I'm not putting you on. You know me......I never kid! Take baby steps with me and I know that I'll get i...

reible wrote:Hi,

Just two comments
1) a jig saw does not equal a scroll saw
2) authenticity went out the window with hammered paint

Ed

1) But quite close(the Mark 5 version anyway) So what if is spring driven one way!]were[/B] 'Hammered' paint finish from the factory!!!:)

Today I assembled a base and table for a Mark V 520 upon which the overall length has been shortened 18" and does not have a headstock. The OPR has also been installed. Many thanks to Bill Mayo for his guidance and helping me find affordable parts.:):) Now that I have assembled my latest dream...

MickyD - When you find the "justification" PLEASE let me know........... I'm currently tracking two ER's with speed changers........And the ER I have is still in pieces between the basement and garage.............:o Oh, what happened to your ER restoration? He 'discovered' a paint problem...