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I found that full strength Mr Clean will remove most latex paints, but probably won't touch the original, underlying paint on the badge. No guarantees -- the top paint might not be latex and I confess to never trying this on a badge -- but might be worth a shot. I always wondered how they painted th...

Thanks, gents. Hoping to go see the lathe this weekend.

Ed

Welcome! Look forward to seeing pictures.

Ed

I'm mulling over a Le Blond Dual Drive lathe (http://www.lathes.co.uk/regal/page4.html). It has an L00 spindle. Any big 'gotchas' with that? I gather they are much less common than the D spindles, but are there any limitations with them?

Thanks.

Ed

Vibration is a sign that something is out of balance.

As designed, won't you be limited to material 1/2" wide? Anything wider and the material will be bent by the raised sides on the female wheel. I would think you'd want both wheels to be smooth, with a way to adjust the distance between them to compensate for the differing thickness of the mater...

Very cool.

What fuel?

What altitude will it reach?

I assume you have a way to track it for retrieval?

I still have a carbide miner's light that belonged to my father. I played with it quite a bit as a kid.

Can you even by calcium carbide anymore?

Ed

I'm not sure how small they come, but if it is not a 'regular' curve, a French curve template can sometimes be useful in detecting that.

Ed

Are the new fuses the same as the OEM fuse? There are different type of fuses, one of which is a "slow-blow" fuse, that allows for momentary current overflows to pass without the fuse blowing.

Ed

From the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Bar_(locomotive) "Historians have not identified the reasons why engineers called the reversing lever a Johnson Bar, but the reversing lever is described in both British, and American railway journals of the time. The best accredi...