Gotcha! Thanks! Al --- tim martin <timsymartin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Al, 1" x 16g for leaf springs for a pony truck. Tim > 2 > > >From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [modeleng] Re: 'oles > >Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 05:28:25 -0800 (PST) > > > >Are we talking about "clock Spring" material, or > >"Automobile leaf spring" we have scrounged? > > > >Al Messer > >--- JESSE LIVINGSTON <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Spring steel can usually (noticed I said > USUALLY) be > > > drilled by running the > > > drill very slowly, using plenty of thread > cutting > > > oil and keeping a steady > > > and relentless pressure against the drill bit. > If > > > the drill ever makes a > > > turn without removing metal the steel will > instantly > > > case/work harden and > > > all forward progress will cease. This same > system > > > works on stainless steels > > > that work harden when drilling. > > > > > > Unka Jesse > > > > > > > I wonder what I said? > > > > > > > > Punching it, "burning" through using a car > battery > > > and electrode, and... I > > > > am sure there are other ways but my mind has > gone > > > blank. > > > > Alan > > > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank > email > > > to, > > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > > > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > >Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > >http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > >MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > >modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject > >line. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself with cool new emoticons > http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.