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Thanks Mike, where did you find it.

5/23/03 I posted a pic. of my Rhodes Shaper in the photo section. It has disappeared along with all other pic's. I have posted. The shaper pic. was the only one I had left of it when it was sporting new paint and bright metalwork. Is there anyway to retrieve the lost pic.?

If it were me, first thing I would do is fix all the air leaks so it would'nt be starting from 0. Then if you don't realy need 175psi lower the cut out to 150psi. Too small wire size can also extend the run time. I would also change the oil to make sure it has the mfg. recomended oil. My compressor ...

A friend has a cheap-o he uses building race cars and street rods. I checked it against a Starrett and it was off 3 degrees. After recalibrating, it seems to be OK. There may be a few unhappy pinion angles out there.

The reason they're in such good condition is nobody likes to use them, they have'nt been used. You have to think to use them, who wants to do that? For drilling several different size holes I always use an Albrecht, for drilling and taping I use a Jacobs 34. The Jacobs N chucks are A-OK but the larg...

The registered date under my name has Jan 05, is that when I'm expected to show up?

Jacin, as someone else said the power steering pulley is supposed to be flush with the pump shaft. Sometimes even then it needs to be moved in or out to get proper alignment. Looking at your pic. the pulley looks to be pressed on about 1/8" too far. Another thing to check is the crankshaft end ...

Jon, I sent you an email, did you get it?

I recently acquired a positioning table made by Daedal Inc. It has about 6-1/4"x6-1/4" travel X&Y. It has 2 scales (glass?) made by Dynamics Research Corp. What type of DRO would be needed for these scales? Anyone care to put a price on this gadget? I think I'll sell it.

Lew, have you been to Mercury Tool lately?

From looking at the spec. sheet it only cuts metric threads.