[Land-speed] shop comments sorta... ( no LSR )...

[neil at dbelltech.com]

Keith;

If you did find that bracket it would be bent up too bad to use-- Murphy's
Law.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Keith Turk
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:52 AM
To: land-speed at autox.team.net
Subject: [Land-speed] shop comments sorta... ( no LSR )...

It's not fair to say this isn't really an LSR problem... cause stuff like
this
happens to all of us,  It's just that most of you are smart enough not to
report it on a regular basis...

So... there I was... making some cute brackets for a wiring loom...
basically
they are 1/2" wide 1.5" long bits of aluminum with three holes drilled in
them... one 1/4" hole and two 1/8th" holes.   You mount it with the big hole
and use the little holes to wire tie the wires in place.

That's the project...  not to complicated eh?...

I didn't like the way the Shear cut the metal so I took it over and used the
band saw to do all the cutting ...  just a bit of planning and the whole
thing
was going simply rosey...  Kept all my finger tips and everything...   ahhh
but now we get to the heart of the matter and the reason for this over
winded
e-mail in the first place...  Those dang band saws leave a rough edge and a
fella oughta take these tiny things over to the horizontal belt sander and
have a go at cleaning up those edges don't ya think?   (This is for my 32
roaster project...  so tidy work is always required...)

Did ya know that Aluminum is a great transferor of Heat energy?  No Really
it
is... I promise...  if you try and hold one of these little brackets while
it's rubbing itself off with the belt the dang thing creates friction.. and
friction creates ... yep... Heat... ( pretty fancy stuff eh? )

Betcha can guess how long a man can stand the heat of the fire here can't
ya...  Yep... NOT long... and just like them burners on the stove... YOU
will
rapidly remove your fingers from the source of the Heat...  and once you
do...
this little bracket,  Well it takes off for parts unknown.  Where... Hmmm
don't know...  here's what I know...  The speed of the belt in conjunction
with the light weight of the material involved ... virtually guarantee's
you'll never find it...  Keeping your eye on the ball here isn't possible
when
your primary objective is to stuff your hand in your mouth.

Always keep in mind that it takes less time to make a new bracket if you
have
to move the sander, drill press, bench, and tool boxes to find the old
one...
and oh by the way... I already told you that you weren't going to find it...
( no matter how much you love the challenge )

So there you go...  Life continues to be Good...

Keith ( 20  days without Nicotine )
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