Yep, I'd certainly be more comfortable with the mechanical approach. > Good advice, Al - I am all for the belt-and-braces (I think that you call > the suspenders!) approach. You are not caught with your pants falling > down! > > Electronic equipment can fail at the worst possible time, but mechanical things just soldier right along. Might be hard to make the electronic equipment work for threading also now that I think about it. > > Belt and Braces (suspenders) falls into the Charles Brumbelow category. Charles bought a Cli-Shay a few weeks ago and the tie down straps he had attached to it weighed more than the locomotive!! [:>) > > Jesse the Red Neck Tennessean > > > 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. > 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.