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Melvyn Best
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Surprised you haven’t got a ring roller tucked away somewhere
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English wheel work
Mick Annick
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Surprised you haven’t got a ring roller tucked away somewhere
He’s an artist, he does it all freehand…
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Nice work what are they?
Hate those pins and washer spring loaded clips can be a pain to fit especially if access is poor. I dunno why more manufacturers don't just fit the handbrake cables to the calipers like the volkswagons do so much hander and it can't be a cost thing as having shoe drums and discs surly more expensive than just pad and disc. I feel your pain though anyone who has replaced handbrake shoe on a Toyota landcuiser knows the struggle is real no access and fiddly stings to align thank god the last nearly 250kToday.... I made myself extremely annoyed.
Went to replace the rear discs & pads on the OH's Kia Rio - and had a right 'mare.
It's got brake shoes that use the inside of the disc as the drum (handbrake shoes) - and on one side the retaining pin (that has those nightmare spring half-turn retainer thingies) had corroded and sheared - so the shoes twisted and jammed the disc so I couldn't get it off.
Much swearing and struggling later - I got it off - but the lining on the shoes is damaged.... and no shoes and retainers in stock locally either.
The retainers are horrible to refit on the front face especially, cos the Diddy shoes are obstructed by the wheel bearings & wheel stud assembly.
AARGH! I could have cheerfully torched the damned thing
One mm tungsten electrodes u shaped.
Did these freehand (mark, heating with tig, bend and correct) but migth need to do a lot so would like a consistent shape.
Tried bending around a ceramic tube but where it touches the ceramic it cools down immediatly.
Maybe I'll waterjet the shape from an ovenbrick?
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8ob
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Many moons ago I was taught how to beat these things round on wooden blocks by an old fabby at the mechanical services company I worked at , we made hundreds of the these when building access ladders with safety hoops for fire escapes or access to roof top plant rooms. Sign went up on a 400mm diameter at the end of a pier, it had the marina owners name on it, I will take a snap of it in situ. Had to wait and install the thing at high tide which was a bit of a challenge.
Bob
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Cowling English wheel work
RaceDiagnostics
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Log store to fight the energy cost increase, we will be using the log burner a lot more this winter.
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Side panels added to stop a log avalanche out the sides.
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Dont let Greta see it!! might need some diagonals on the back to stop it folding up though?
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I'd put some slats across the middle too, so you could alternate which side you were using and have one side drying and one side ready. Just a thought!
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Just screw through the side wall pallets into the stacked logs, simples!
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It's also screwed to the fence posts so fairly stable.
