On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
I think you'd have difficulty softening 'high
speed steel' very much.
Maybe not....
That's what I meant by "very relative".... The big problem is
determining the alloy content. Different additive metals can change the
optimum process a LOT. IIRC, nickel is one of the most problematic.
Foredom
Flex-Shaft tool. The mixing bowl of water compensates for my
lack of a coolant feed. It works. My use of her cooking utensils does
sort of irritate root^H^H^H^H Grace....
Ah, somebody else who has problems putting computer bits in the
dishwasher, baking out transformers in the oven, and so on :-)
"As long as the kitchen doesn't stink this time...."
Tony, did
anyone ever explain Swiss-Watch Syndrome to you? ;^)
No... Is it something to do with what is commonly called 'overkill' and
what I simply consider to be doing the job properly?
As in "G**D**n it, Doc! We're not building Swiss watches here. This
is a DRILLING RIG! That's close enough!"
It's never close enough.
I made silver jewelry for a few years, and one of my reference books
has a quote that I love.
"A true atrist never finishes a piece. He merely abandons it."
I grew up welding in fab shops all over West Texas. The foremen
would gripe for the first six weeks because I was slow. After they
figured out that my fabs took a third the normal time to install, they
would quit griping and give me a raise.
Olin Anthony, the owner of a crew I worked on, had some snapshots done
of a seed-chute complex I designed and built. The last time I was in
his office was some 4 years after he fired me. He had those photos
blown up, matted and framed, on his office wall. I'm as proud of that
as any work I've ever done.
Doc