On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:13:25 -0500, Greg Postma
wrote:

A couple of weeks ago, I asked if any of you could reccommend a tube
bender for a project I have been working on. I think it was Paul that
suggested Wagner in Milwaukee. Well, I picked up the bent tube yesterday
and they did a nice job. My cost was about $400USD for 15 pcs (2 bends
each). Not to bad, and I will be able to polish,do my magic and ship on
Friday. Right on time!!!

Thanks to all who made suggestions

Next.

I posted a couple of months ago about my little Atlas/Craftsman lathe
that my FIL gave me. I've been playing with it and I discovered that I
have a runout of about .008-.009" with the chuck on. At the spindle I
have about .0005" (1/2 a thoushandth) at the spindle. It first, I
thought that I might have bad bearings on the spindle, but .0005" seems
pretty good, so most of the runout must be in the 3 jaw. Any suggestions
to get rid of the runout?

Greg

Replace the chuck. Though to be fair..thats about normal for a worn
chuck of that vintage.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner