Thanks Bill.......
Dumb a$$ question.........I'm sure some college kid/engineer had a reason for running the coolant up in the uim, but obviously with your work around, it's not all that important apparently ?.......correct ?
The cloth or heat weave I was referring to protects the plastic coating on wires in kilns and lead pots, which I use to melt alloys for bullets and such. The heat in the bottom of those crucibles gets 800+ degrees. It's very similar to the foam blocks they use under the shuttle as far as anti heat transfer is concerned, but in cloth form. They make gloves out of it and I've literally held a torch to my hand with them on and it barely felt warm inside the glove......very cool stuff....literally
I don't know about Rico...... I'm at the "double nickel" mark (55) and good sized, but I still might need the aid of one of my burly sons :P
Btw.....the socket idea sounds like a good one......I do the same installing bearings........I'll give er' a try......tks...
