Re: [A/S] Restoration Tools

["Harvey Barlow" <harveybarlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Joy,

I'd be interested in hearing how the riveter tool works if you obtain one.
All the riveting I have done so far was with a cheap Lowes hand tool.  It
works fine on 1/8" rivets but I didn't have much success with large
diameters.

When I initially read the question about an air needle scaler I thought, no
I've never seen one then suddenly, the memories of the incredible racket
created by a dozen or more of them working simultaneously on a ship or
submarine hull while up on the blocks in dry-dock in various shipyards came
flooding back across the years.  I have not personally held or operated one
but I can tell you that they are, or at least were, in long use by the Navy
during my tenure.  They make an incredible noise but are apparently pretty
effective.  The ones I have heard and seen were surely high quality
professional/commercial grade tools and I don't have any idea of the quality
of HF tools.  Maybe they would be adequate for one project.  If so, they
would save you a hell of a lot of work but wouldn't do much for your
hearing.

In your previous post you mentioned the corner stabilizer jacks.  Melissa
inquired about them for you.  I probably forgot to tell you the answer.
Three of the four jacks on the wrecked trailer she had access to were all
destroyed.  I don't understand how or why because Melissa bought the
aluminum step from the same trailer but that was the report I got.

I haven't even removed my pajamas today.  After coffee, newspaper, and a
light breakfast I began working on our income tax return.  We prepare our
own each year using TurboTax software but it is time consuming and
aggravating sorting through all the insurance policies, property tax
statements, mortgage interest statements, and locating and organizing all
the expense receipts.  Not one of my most enjoyed activities.  Each year I
think I'll do a better job of filing every receipt with the proper house as
each expenditure occurs then, at the end of the year, I begin the same old
process again.  One of these days my end of the year frustration will exceed
my haste and unwillingness to sit down and do it weekly and I'll get better
organized.

Have a productive Airstream day.

Harvey