On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:11:50 -0400, the infamous "Buerste"
scrawled the following:

For 30+ years I've had my chuck key chained to the drill press at home. Not
because I was punishing it, it would just get easily misplaced. (Larry J.
gets excited when he hears "Chained-Up".)

Sticks and stones may break my bones,
but whips and chains excite me.


I had a handful of 1/2" x 1/4"
cylinder neodymium magnets from a project so I drilled a hole in the top of
the chuck key and pressed in a magnet. These little guys have a 2 pound
pull and hold the key firmly to the drill press.

I plopped a RE magnet onto the face of my drill press a few years ago
and haven't misplaced a chuck key since. (That's nearly a full dozen
uses!)


The chain was a PITA and
would get warped up easily. It's also great for clearing swarf, I wrap it
in paper first.

"warped up"? Would that be aluminum or brass swarf, Tawm?

--
A striking fact of the last two years of financial trouble is how
accountability has differed in the public and private spheres. On
Wall Street and across the country, decades-old firms have failed,
fortunes have vanished, and some former captains of finance face
jail or fines. In Washington, meanwhile, most regulators and Members
of Congress remain on the job, often with enhanced power.
-WSJ "Bernanke's Second Chance" 26aug09