Something was lost in translation. I said I use epoxy on "buggered"  
sockets, not those that can easily be fixed with a paper shim. Those  
are not usually going to be fixed with paper or other filler.

I stand by what I said.

On Aug 7, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Spike Cornelius wrote:

>
> On Aug 7, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
>
> Galooterati:
>
> Jim Thompson asked, on impeccable functional grounds, what I have  
> against epoxy.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> I believe it was Jeff who remarked, some time back, about the  
> efficacy of brown paper for shimming socket chisel handles. In this  
> application epoxy is just high tech brown paper.
>
>
>
>
> Spike Cornelius
> PDX
>          Crazy for Shavings
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