"Embiggen" is a perfectly cromulent word. On that page, you wrote, "Bushing: 3/4" pipe. Annealed, expanded a little w/normal hand tools." What, pray tell, hand tools does one use to expand 3/4'' pipe? And annealing . . . this is a process involving a leather blacksmith apron, asbestos gloves, goggles with smoked lenses, and a small boy pulling on a bellows -- right? On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 20:11 -0700, neil n wrote: > I can't speak to what the long term wear would be on this, but here's > what I used: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/PopTopStrutCableAndSpringEtc#5501604219504466738 > > Done with the everyman/woman in mind. Otherwise I would have welded in > a steel bushing. > > I annealed the part then expanded it. I had to embiggen the whole it > fits into. (which was already worn as noted) > > Neil. > > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Rocket J Squirrel > <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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? Did anyone come up with a fix that doesn't > > require a lathe? > > |
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