In my ever increasing absent mindedness I am not sure if I ever mentioned this or not...
One day I was moving some of my SS "inventory" around and happened to bang one of the extra tubes. A first I just said to myself "good steel". Then I grabbed a piece of twine and looped around one end of a tube and held it up clear of everything and tapped it with a pair of pliers I had in my hip pocket.
You would not believe what clear bell like tones came from that tube... If my wife ever heard that they would be hanging in a tree bonging in the wind.
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farmer
Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
