At 08:23 PM 5/29/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Oh my goodness, I totally forgot about this. There was quite a bit of >hubub when this came out. Last year, right? Photo is (C) 2010 but the >EXIF data shows 2004? The EXIF is correct.
>Anyway, you wrote "My fix was to cut the tube short, turn a solid end >piece out of bronze and epoxy it in." > >How's that holding up? Should be good for a hundred years or so I would think. > Did anyone come up with a fix that doesn't >require a lathe? Yes, I just did it that way because it was easy to hand. Look on The Samba for other fixes. Yrs, d |
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