At 08:23 PM 5/29/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>Oh my goodness, I totally forgot about this. There was quite a bit of
>hubub when this came out. Last year, right? Photo is (C) 2010 but the
>EXIF data shows 2004?

The EXIF is correct.

>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?

Should be good for a hundred years or so I would think.

>  Did anyone come up with a fix that doesn't
>require a lathe?

Yes, I just did it that way because it was easy to hand.  Look on The
Samba for other fixes.

Yrs,
d