John;
It's a good thing the patent lawsuit wasn't against Pratt & Whitney!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: john robinson [mailto:john@engr.wisc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:18 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: BSA entry
yup there's all the 1/8 clecos I have, I have another 100 3/32 clecos on a
brass tender, a 1 1/2 inch scale tender for a Mogul steam engine that I'm
also building....(the tender)
alloy? well now there's a story too, about 8 years ago I got a job making a
model of a paper drier for a patent lawsuit, I had to make a full scale
working model to use in a courtroom, used a 1 1/2 HP motor turning a fan
sucking air through the drier roller in a closed courtroom! papers flying
everywhere. I got a real kick outa the look on the lead attorneys face when
we fired that puppy up, to say NOTHING of the look of the judge! anyway,
the atty kept the 36 inch dia 4 foot long 1/2 wall thickness plexi model
and fan, I kept the aluminum ducting to it. it was left outside for these
years, and I've forgotten the type of aluminum, I think its 6061 I know
its' .050. I've been cleaning it with steel wool to scrub the crud off,
later I'll use the Alumidine stuff to coat it....I did buy some 5052
4x10x.050 for when the used stuff is gone....(and marked it so I'll know
what the *%^^$ it is in a couple of years....)my memory sure aint what it
used to be....I can remember stuff I used to own, and I'll spend time
(sometimes a LOT ) looking for it cause now I got a use for it, until I
remember that I gave it away sold it lost it 15-20 years ago....
At 11:52 AM 12/10/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>John;
>
>Re photo 109: that's a nice Cleco collection you have there! What alloy are
>you forming?
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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