Not exactly, but did see him race. Last time was winter, January 1980 or 1981, indoor short track, Timonium Arena, 250 Triumph single in Sonic Weld frame
Though those of you with an old lathe and worn out half nuts might find this useful. I sure did! New half nuts are about $250 from Logan, repaired half nuts are $125 on eBay. I saw a post on one of the home shop machinists forum about making them from Acetal plastic by heating up a piece of Acme rod and forming the Acetal around the rod.
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Next step was to bore out the piece of Acetal and split it, then clamp it around the Acme rod while I heated it with a Propane torch. It holds on to the Acme thread after it cools so I put it the rod back between centers to machine it to fit the old half nuts and add the flanges.
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If you google Acetal Half Nuts and dig a bit you will find the original posting and pictures by a gentleman named Evan. (hence the Evanut nickname) Hope this helps someone who was in the same position I was. I cut a thread on a piece of scrap just to try it (another first for me) and it worked perfectly.
Hi RC4MAN.
back 'ome (1950s UK) they wouldn't let an apprentice into the design office until he'd worked 3 years on the shop floor.
Alas no such rigor in Canada. Had a new start (1st job after drafting school) draw up a radioactive materials tote bucket.
( 1 gallon s/st can with 1/2" thick lead lining)
His design had a 10 gage wire carrying handle.
"What's that thing weigh ? HTF you gonna pick it up?
"I did the stress analysis. that handle's good for it"
"without it cutting your fingers off?"
"Oh."
That is possibly the coolest headstone I have ever seen